Νίσυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nǐː.syː.ros/ → /ˈni.sy.ros/ → /ˈni.si.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nǐː.syː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈni.sy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.sy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.sy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.si.ros/

Proper noun

Νῑ́σῡρος • (Nī́sūros) f (genitive Νῑσῡ́ρου); second declension

1. Nisyros, Dodecanese, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Νῑ́σῡρος; τῆς Νῑσῡ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νῑ́σῡρος hē Nī́sūros
Genitive	τῆς Νῑσῡ́ρου tês Nīsū́rou
Dative	τῇ Νῑσῡ́ρῳ têi Nīsū́rōi
Accusative	τὴν Νῑ́σῡρον tḕn Nī́sūron
Vocative	Νῑ́σῡρε Nī́sūre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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