νῆσος
Second declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
νῆσος
νήσου
Structure:
νης
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Etym.: Perhaps from
ne/w to swim, as if floating land.
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐκ τούτων ἀφωρίσθησαν νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν, ἕκαστοσ κατὰ γλῶσσαν ἐν ταῖσ φυλαῖσ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:5)
- Αὗται αἱ φυλαὶ υἱῶν Νῶε κατὰ γενέσεισ αὐτῶν, κατὰ ἔθνη αὐτῶν. ἀπὸ τούτων διεσπάρησαν νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:32)
- καὶ ἀπὸ βασιλειῶν ἑτέρων καὶ ἀπὸ νήσων θαλασσῶν ἦλθον πρὸσ αὐτὸν δυνάμεισ μισθωταί. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:29)
- καὶ τὰσ ἐπιλοίπουσ βασιλείασ καὶ τὰσ νήσουσ, ὅσοι ποτὲ ἀντέστησαν αὐτοῖσ, κατέφθειραν καὶ ἐδούλωσαν αὐτούσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 8:11)
- Καὶ εἶδε Δημήτριοσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ ὅτι ἡσύχασεν ἡ γῆ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτῷ ἀνθειστήκει, καὶ ἀπέλυσε πάσασ τὰσ δυνάμεισ αὐτοῦ ἕκαστον εἰσ τὸν ἴδιον τόπον, πλὴν τῶν ξένων δυνάμεων, ὧν ἐξενολόγησεν ἀπὸ τῶν νήσων τῶν ἐθνῶν. καὶ ἤχθραναν αὐτῷ πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεισ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 11:38)
- ἡ τοίνυν νῆσοσ αὕτη ἀνώμοτόσ ἐστιν· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, iris and poseidon, chapter 1 1:8)
- κατὰ τοῦτο μάλιστα τὸ στόμα ἐπ̓ εὐθὺ πλέοντι ἀνέμῳ ἀπαρκτίᾳ ἰδίωσ τό πέλαγοσ νῆσοσ πρόκειται, ἥντινα οἳ μὲν Ἀχιλλέωσ νῆσον, οἳ δὲ Δρόμον Ἀχιλλέωσ, οἳ δὲ Λευκὴν ἐπὶ τῆσ χρόασ ὀνομάζουσιν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 1:1)
- ἡ δὲ νῆσοσ ἀνθρώπων μὲν ἐρήμη ἐστίν, νέμεται δὲ αἰξὶν οὐ πολλαῖσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 3:1)
- θεοὺσ γὰρ φαίνεθ’ ἡ νῆσοσ φέρειν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 26 2:4)
- φησὶ γοῦν νῆσοσ, ἣν πέρι πόντοσ ἀπείριτοσ ἐστεφάνωτο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 33 1:1)
