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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νῆσος (nêsos) + -ῑ́ς (-ī́s).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛː.sǐːs/ → /niˈsis/ → /niˈsis/
Noun
νησῑ́ς • (nēsī́s) f (genitive νησῖδος); third declension
- islet, small island
Inflection
References
- “νησίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νησίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νησίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.