Νῆσος
island
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Jan 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. The word is formed] out of the [verb] nw= ['I swim'], [future] nh/sw ; as if swimming in water.1 Or also, they say, as if from the bird [called] nh=ssa ['duck'], by similarity.2 From this [is derived] nhsi/ths ['belonging to an island'] and by pleonasm nhsiw/ths ,3 like a)groiw/ths ['countryman'].4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νῆσος. ἐκ τοῦ νῶ, νήσω· ἡ οἷον ἐγκολυμβῶσα ὕδατι. ἤ, φασί, καὶ ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀρνέου τῆς νήσσης, καθ' ὁμοιότητα. ἐντεῦθεν Νησίτης καὶ πλεονασμῷ Νησιώτης, ὡς ἀγροιώτης.
Betacode
*nh=sos. e)k tou= nw=, nh/sw: h( oi(=on e)gkolumbw=sa u(/dati. h)/, fasi/, kai\ w(s a)po\ tou= o)rne/ou th=s nh/sshs, kaq' o(moio/thta. e)nteu=qen *nhsi/ths kai\ pleonasmw=| *nhsiw/ths, w(s a)groiw/ths.
Notes (4)
Linked from3 entries
- ν341Νησίονislet, small islandand [sc. also attested is] nhsiw/ths ["islander"], [meaning] one who comes from an island. Also [sc. attested is] nhsu/drion, [meaning] a small island.
- ν342ΝῆσιςNesis[Nesis, genitive] *nh/sidos: name of a city, and name of a goddess. But [sc. note that differently-accented] *nhsi=dos [is] the [genitive of the] diminutive. In the Epigrams: "the sea-worn reefs of the coastal islet".
- ν527ΝῶI heap up, I swim, I flow, I spinA verb, of which the[se] inflections are in use. [(A) The verb] nw=, [meaning] I pile up; out of which [comes] nh=sai, to pile up. Also nhdu/s ["stomach, womb"], [that] into which nourishment is piled up. [(B) The verb]…
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- expanded another note — Catharine Roth
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- added another cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth