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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑ́σῡρος (Nī́sūros).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nīsȳrus f sg (genitive Nīsȳrī); second declension
- An island situated between Kos and Telos
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Further reading
- Nisyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Nisyrus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly