Νῦσα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Νῦσᾰ (Nûsaf (genitive Νῡ́σης); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Nysa (mountainous land where the Hyades raised the infant god Dionysus)

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Descendants

  • Greek: Νύσα (Nýsa)
  • Latin: Nȳsa

References

  • Νῦσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Νῦσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018

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