νησίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῆσος (nêsos) +‎ -ῑ́ς (-ī́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɛː.sǐːs/ → /niˈsis/ → /niˈsis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛː.sǐːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne̝ˈsis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /niˈsis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /niˈsis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /niˈsis/

Noun

νησῑ́ς • (nēsī́s) f (genitive νησῖδος); third declension

1. islet, small island

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ νησῑ́ς; τῆς νησῖδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νησῑ́ς hē nēsī́s	τὼ νησῖδε tṑ nēsîde	αἱ νησῖδες hai nēsîdes
Genitive	τῆς νησῖδος tês nēsîdos	τοῖν νησῑ́δοιν toîn nēsī́doin	τῶν νησῑ́δων tôn nēsī́dōn
Dative	τῇ νησῖδῐ têi nēsîdi	τοῖν νησῑ́δοιν toîn nēsī́doin	ταῖς νησῖσῐ / νησῖσῐν taîs nēsîsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν νησῖδᾰ tḕn nēsîda	τὼ νησῖδε tṑ nēsîde	τᾱ̀ς νησῖδᾰς tā̀s nēsîdas
Vocative	νησῑ́ς nēsī́s	νησῖδε nēsîde	νησῖδες nēsîdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “νησίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νησίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νησίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • islet idem, page 460.