νησ-ίς · nēs-is — LSJ
islet
Dim. of νῆσος, islet, Hdt. 8.76, 95, Th. 8.14, Plb. 16.2.8, Str. 1.3.18, Plu. Oth. 10. [ῑ Call. Fr. 524, Lyc. 599, AP 6.89 (Maec.), 9.413 (Antiphil.), D.P. 479, etc.]
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νησ-ίς
nesis3 · ἡ
islet
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What it meant
In the wild
- νησῖδα · nēsida Herodotus, Histories 8.76.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8865)
- νησῖδα · nēsida Herodotus, Histories 8.76.2 (DIORISIS sentence 8868)
- νησῖδι · nēsidi Herodotus, Histories 8.95.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8982)
- νησῖδος · nēsidos Thucydides, History 8.14.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5453)
Where it came from
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