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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νησίς (Nēsís), from νησίς (nēsís, “islet”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nēsis f sg (genitive Nēsidis); third declension
- 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
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “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.