Nesis

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νησίς (Nēsís), from νησίς (nēsís, islet).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Nēsis f sg (genitive Nēsidis); third declension

  1. A small island in the gulf of Naples, now Nisida
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 16.2.3.1:
      Fuī enim apud illum multās hōrās in Nēside, cum paulō ante tuās litterās accēpisset.
      I spent several hours with him at Nesis, just after I received your letter.
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 53.1.6:
      Itaque quō celerius ēvāderem, prōtinus per altum ad Nēsida dērēxī praecīsūrus omnēs sinūs.
      So, in order to get away more quickly, I made straight out to sea for Nesis, with the purpose of cutting across all the inlets.

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nēsis
Genitive Nēsidis
Dative Nēsidī
Accusative Nēsidem
Nēsida
Ablative Nēside
Vocative Nēsis

References

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  • Nesis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Nesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.