νῆσος?
Second declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration: nēsos
Principal Part:
νῆσος
νήσου
Structure:
νης
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Etym.: Perhaps from
νέω 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 ἐπ᾿ 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)
