Νῆσος

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Νῆσος, ἡ ἐν θαλάσσῃ πόλις. ὁ ταύτην οἰκῶν νησίτης, ὡς Κάνωβος Κανωβίτης. τοῦ δὲ νησίον νησιώτης καὶ νησιῶτις θηλυκῶς. καὶ νησαῖος ὡς χερσαῖος. τὸ κτητικὸν νησιωτικός. ἔστι καὶ Νῆσος πόλις Ἰβηρική.

Nēsos: a city in the sea. One who inhabits it is nēsitēs, just as Kānōbos—Kānōbitēs. But from nēsion nēsiōtēs and, in the feminine, nēsiōtis. Also nēsaîos, as chersaîos. The possessive adjective is nēsiōtikos. There is also a city Nēsos in Iberia.

Text Details

Entry#48
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 474.7 · Billerbeck Ν48
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count31
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΝῆσοςNēsos (Nisos) / "Nēsos" (a place name; also means 'island') · place
ΚάνοβοςKanōbos (Canopus) · place
ΚανωβίτηςCanobite (inhabitant of Canopus) · people
ἸβηρίαIberia · place
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Morphological Composition'the city in the sea.' (i.e. Nῆσος denotes a city situated in the sea — 'island/city in the sea').
Morphological Composition'the one dwelling in it (is called) νησίτης, as Κάνωβος (is) Κανωβίτης.' (formation of a demonym from the place-name).
Morphological Composition'of the island (νησίον) (the forms) νησιώτης and νησιῶτις in the feminine.' (alternative demonymal/feminine forms).
Morphological Composition'and νησαῖος like χερσαῖος.' (adjectival formation analogous to 'land-' adjective).
Morphological Composition'the possessive adjective νησιωτικός.' (possessive adjective derived from the place-name).
Unclear Metalinguistic'There is also a city Νῆσος in Iberia.' (note of a place with the same name in Iberia, without etymological explanation).

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