Νίσυρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nǐː.syː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈni.sy.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈni.sy.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈni.sy.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈni.si.ros/
Proper noun
Νῑ́σῡρος • (Nī́sūros) f (genitive Νῑσῡ́ρου); second declension
- Nisyros, Dodecanese, Greece
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Νῑ́σῡρος hē Nī́sūros | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Νῑσῡ́ρου tês Nīsū́rou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Νῑσῡ́ρῳ tēî Nīsū́rōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Νῑ́σῡρον tḕn Nī́sūron | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Νῑ́σῡρε Nī́sūre | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Νῑσῡ́ριοι (Nīsū́rioi)
- Νῑσῡρῖτις (Nīsūrîtis)
Descendants
- Latin: Nīsȳrus
Further reading
- “Νίσυρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Νίσυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette