Νῦσα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nŷː.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈny.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈny.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈny.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈni.sa/
Proper noun
Νῦσᾰ • (Nûsa) f (genitive Νῡ́σης); first declension
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
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
Further reading
Nysa (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
