"νῆσος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /nɛ̂ː.sos/, /ˈni.sos/, /ˈni.sos/, /nɛ̂ː.sos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈne̝.sos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈni.sos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈni.sos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈni.sos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Uncertain. Has traditionally been connected with νήχω (nḗkhō, “I swim”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”). If its meaning “island” has developed from a more original meaning “headland, cape”, it may be, like Proto-Germanic *nasją (“foothill; headland, cape”) and Bulgarian нос (nos, “nose; cape, promontory”), a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”); in more landsman environments, compare the developments of Minaean 𐩱𐩬𐩰 (ʾnf, “wall of a city”) from “nose” and Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”) apparently from “bridge”. However, in that case, the origin of -s-, which is not usually preserved in Greek, remains to be explained, possibly requiring a borrowing from another Indo-European language (though Furnée suspects a Pre-Greek origin, and Beekes Aegean). Etymology templates: {{unc|grc}} Uncertain, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*(s)neh₂-||to flow, to swim}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”), {{noncog|gem-pro|*nasją|t=foothill; headland, cape}} Proto-Germanic *nasją (“foothill; headland, cape”), {{noncog|bg|нос|t=nose; cape, promontory}} Bulgarian нос (nos, “nose; cape, promontory”), {{noncog|ine-pro|*néh₂s|t=nose}} Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”), {{cog|inm|𐩱𐩬𐩰|t=wall of a city}} Minaean 𐩱𐩬𐩰 (ʾnf, “wall of a city”), {{cog|ar|جَزِيرَة|t=island}} Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), {{bor|grc|ine|-}} Indo-European, {{bor|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|νήσου|f|second}} νῆσος • (nêsos) f (genitive νήσου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νῆσος|ου|form=F}}, {{grc-decl|νῆσος|ου|dial=ion|form=F}} Forms: nêsos [romanization], νήσου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ἡ νῆσος [nominative, singular], τὼ νήσω [dual, nominative], αἱ νῆσοι [nominative, plural], τῆς νήσου [genitive, singular], τοῖν νήσοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν νήσων [genitive, plural], τῇ νήσῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν νήσοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς νήσοις [dative, plural], τὴν νῆσον [accusative, singular], τὼ νήσω [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς νήσους [accusative, plural], νῆσε [singular, vocative], νήσω [dual, vocative], νῆσοι [plural, vocative], declension-2 [table-tags], ἡ νῆσος [nominative, singular], τὼ νήσω [dual, nominative], αἱ νῆσοι [nominative, plural], τῆς νήσου [genitive, singular], τοῖν νήσοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν νήσων [genitive, plural], τῇ νήσῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν νήσοιν [dative, dual], τῇσῐ [dative, plural], τῇσῐν νήσοισῐ [dative, plural], νήσοισῐν [dative, plural], νήσοις [dative, plural], têisi nḗsoisi [dative, plural], têisi nḗsoisin [dative, plural], têisini [dative, plural], têisinin [dative, plural], nḗsois [dative, plural], τὴν νῆσον [accusative, singular], τὼ νήσω [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς νήσους [accusative, plural], νῆσε [singular, vocative], νήσω [dual, vocative], νῆσοι [plural, vocative]
  1. island Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: νᾶσος (nâsos) [Doric], νῆσσος (nêssos) [Attic], νᾶσσος — Rhodian (nâssos)
    Sense id: en-νῆσος-grc-noun-KM0sXBXR Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Derived forms: Δωδεκάνησα (Dōdekánēsa), νησαῖος (nēsaîos), νησίδιον (nēsídion), νησίς (nēsís), νησιώτης (nēsiṓtēs), νησιωτικός (nēsiōtikós), νησιῶτις (nēsiôtis), Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos), Προκόννησος (Prokónnēsos), Τρῐνᾱσός (Trināsós), Χερσόνησος (Khersónēsos), χερσόνησος (khersónēsos)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ (nēsos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ (nēsos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Austronesia",
            "3": "Indonesia",
            "4": "Macaronesia",
            "5": "Melanesia",
            "6": "Micronesia",
            "7": "Polynesia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Austronesia, Indonesia, Macaronesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Austronesia, Indonesia, Macaronesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "νήσος",
            "3": "νησί"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: νήσος (nísos), νησί (nisí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: νήσος (nísos), νησί (nisí)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "nēsus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: nēsus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: nēsus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)neh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to flow, to swim"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*nasją",
        "t": "foothill; headland, cape"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *nasją (“foothill; headland, cape”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "нос",
        "t": "nose; cape, promontory"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian нос (nos, “nose; cape, promontory”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*néh₂s",
        "t": "nose"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "inm",
        "2": "𐩱𐩬𐩰",
        "t": "wall of a city"
      },
      "expansion": "Minaean 𐩱𐩬𐩰 (ʾnf, “wall of a city”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "جَزِيرَة",
        "t": "island"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Indo-European",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Has traditionally been connected with νήχω (nḗkhō, “I swim”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”). If its meaning “island” has developed from a more original meaning “headland, cape”, it may be, like Proto-Germanic *nasją (“foothill; headland, cape”) and Bulgarian нос (nos, “nose; cape, promontory”), a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”); in more landsman environments, compare the developments of Minaean 𐩱𐩬𐩰 (ʾnf, “wall of a city”) from “nose” and Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”) apparently from “bridge”.\nHowever, in that case, the origin of -s-, which is not usually preserved in Greek, remains to be explained, possibly requiring a borrowing from another Indo-European language (though Furnée suspects a Pre-Greek origin, and Beekes Aegean).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nêsos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νήσου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ νῆσος",
      "roman": "hē nêsos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νήσω",
      "roman": "tṑ nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ νῆσοι",
      "roman": "hai nêsoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς νήσου",
      "roman": "tês nḗsou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νήσοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nḗsoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν νήσων",
      "roman": "tôn nḗsōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ νήσῳ",
      "roman": "têi nḗsōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νήσοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nḗsoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς νήσοις",
      "roman": "taîs nḗsois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν νῆσον",
      "roman": "tḕn nêson",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νήσω",
      "roman": "tṑ nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νήσους",
      "roman": "tā̀s nḗsous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῆσε",
      "roman": "nêse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νήσω",
      "roman": "nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῆσοι",
      "roman": "nêsoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ νῆσος",
      "roman": "hē nêsos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νήσω",
      "roman": "tṑ nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ νῆσοι",
      "roman": "hai nêsoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς νήσου",
      "roman": "tês nḗsou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νήσοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nḗsoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν νήσων",
      "roman": "tôn nḗsōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ νήσῳ",
      "roman": "têi nḗsōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νήσοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nḗsoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇσῐν νήσοισῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νήσοισῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νήσοις",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "têisi nḗsoisi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "têisi nḗsoisin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "têisini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "têisinin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nḗsois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν νῆσον",
      "roman": "tḕn nêson",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νήσω",
      "roman": "tṑ nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νήσους",
      "roman": "tā̀s nḗsous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῆσε",
      "roman": "nêse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νήσω",
      "roman": "nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῆσοι",
      "roman": "nêsoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νήσου",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "νῆσος • (nêsos) f (genitive νήσου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῆσος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῆσος",
        "2": "ου",
        "dial": "ion",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "grc:Landforms",
          "parents": [
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "Dōdekánēsa",
          "word": "Δωδεκάνησα"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nēsaîos",
          "word": "νησαῖος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nēsídion",
          "word": "νησίδιον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nēsís",
          "word": "νησίς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nēsiṓtēs",
          "word": "νησιώτης"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nēsiōtikós",
          "word": "νησιωτικός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nēsiôtis",
          "word": "νησιῶτις"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Pelopónnēsos",
          "word": "Πελοπόννησος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Prokónnēsos",
          "word": "Προκόννησος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Trināsós",
          "word": "Τρῐνᾱσός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Khersónēsos",
          "word": "Χερσόνησος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "khersónēsos",
          "word": "χερσόνησος"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "island"
      ],
      "id": "en-νῆσος-grc-noun-KM0sXBXR",
      "links": [
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "nâsos",
          "tags": [
            "Doric"
          ],
          "word": "νᾶσος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nêssos",
          "tags": [
            "Attic"
          ],
          "word": "νῆσσος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nâssos",
          "word": "νᾶσσος — Rhodian"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɛ̂ː.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɛ̂ː.sos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈne̝.sos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.sos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.sos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.sos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νῆσος"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Dōdekánēsa",
      "word": "Δωδεκάνησα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nēsaîos",
      "word": "νησαῖος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nēsídion",
      "word": "νησίδιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nēsís",
      "word": "νησίς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nēsiṓtēs",
      "word": "νησιώτης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nēsiōtikós",
      "word": "νησιωτικός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nēsiôtis",
      "word": "νησιῶτις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Pelopónnēsos",
      "word": "Πελοπόννησος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Prokónnēsos",
      "word": "Προκόννησος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Trināsós",
      "word": "Τρῐνᾱσός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Khersónēsos",
      "word": "Χερσόνησος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khersónēsos",
      "word": "χερσόνησος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ (nēsos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ (nēsos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Austronesia",
            "3": "Indonesia",
            "4": "Macaronesia",
            "5": "Melanesia",
            "6": "Micronesia",
            "7": "Polynesia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Austronesia, Indonesia, Macaronesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Austronesia, Indonesia, Macaronesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "νήσος",
            "3": "νησί"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: νήσος (nísos), νησί (nisí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: νήσος (nísos), νησί (nisí)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "nēsus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: nēsus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: nēsus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)neh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to flow, to swim"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*nasją",
        "t": "foothill; headland, cape"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *nasją (“foothill; headland, cape”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "нос",
        "t": "nose; cape, promontory"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian нос (nos, “nose; cape, promontory”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*néh₂s",
        "t": "nose"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "inm",
        "2": "𐩱𐩬𐩰",
        "t": "wall of a city"
      },
      "expansion": "Minaean 𐩱𐩬𐩰 (ʾnf, “wall of a city”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "جَزِيرَة",
        "t": "island"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Indo-European",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Has traditionally been connected with νήχω (nḗkhō, “I swim”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”). If its meaning “island” has developed from a more original meaning “headland, cape”, it may be, like Proto-Germanic *nasją (“foothill; headland, cape”) and Bulgarian нос (nos, “nose; cape, promontory”), a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”); in more landsman environments, compare the developments of Minaean 𐩱𐩬𐩰 (ʾnf, “wall of a city”) from “nose” and Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”) apparently from “bridge”.\nHowever, in that case, the origin of -s-, which is not usually preserved in Greek, remains to be explained, possibly requiring a borrowing from another Indo-European language (though Furnée suspects a Pre-Greek origin, and Beekes Aegean).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nêsos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νήσου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ νῆσος",
      "roman": "hē nêsos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νήσω",
      "roman": "tṑ nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ νῆσοι",
      "roman": "hai nêsoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς νήσου",
      "roman": "tês nḗsou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νήσοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nḗsoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν νήσων",
      "roman": "tôn nḗsōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ νήσῳ",
      "roman": "têi nḗsōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νήσοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nḗsoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς νήσοις",
      "roman": "taîs nḗsois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν νῆσον",
      "roman": "tḕn nêson",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νήσω",
      "roman": "tṑ nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νήσους",
      "roman": "tā̀s nḗsous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῆσε",
      "roman": "nêse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νήσω",
      "roman": "nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῆσοι",
      "roman": "nêsoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ νῆσος",
      "roman": "hē nêsos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νήσω",
      "roman": "tṑ nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ νῆσοι",
      "roman": "hai nêsoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς νήσου",
      "roman": "tês nḗsou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νήσοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nḗsoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν νήσων",
      "roman": "tôn nḗsōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ νήσῳ",
      "roman": "têi nḗsōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν νήσοιν",
      "roman": "toîn nḗsoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇσῐν νήσοισῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νήσοισῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νήσοις",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "têisi nḗsoisi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "têisi nḗsoisin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "têisini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "têisinin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nḗsois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν νῆσον",
      "roman": "tḕn nêson",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ νήσω",
      "roman": "tṑ nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς νήσους",
      "roman": "tā̀s nḗsous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῆσε",
      "roman": "nêse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νήσω",
      "roman": "nḗsō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "νῆσοι",
      "roman": "nêsoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νήσου",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "νῆσος • (nêsos) f (genitive νήσου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῆσος",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "νῆσος",
        "2": "ου",
        "dial": "ion",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the second declension",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek properispomenon terms",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms borrowed from Indo-European languages",
        "Ancient Greek terms borrowed from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Indo-European languages",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Landforms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "island"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɛ̂ː.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.sos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nɛ̂ː.sos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈne̝.sos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.sos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.sos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.sos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "nâsos",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "νᾶσος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nêssos",
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ],
      "word": "νῆσσος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nâssos",
      "word": "νᾶσσος — Rhodian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "νῆσος"
}

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