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Headword:
*nh=sis
Adler number: nu,342
Translated headword: Nesis
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Nesis, genitive] *nh/sidos: name of a city,[1] and name of a goddess.[2]
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".[3]
Greek Original:*nh=sis, *nh/sidos: o)/noma po/lews, kai\ o)/noma qea=s. *nhsi=dos de\ to\ u(pokoristiko/n. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: a)ktai/hs nhsi=dos a(lica/ntoisi xoira/si.
Notes:
Despite the primary glosses, it is not certain whether this headword is anything other than the diminutive of
nh=sos (
nu 343), i.e. "islet".
[1] Not otherwise attested as such (but merely that of a small river, the present-day Mzymta, flowing into the NE Black Sea; cf. Barrington Atlas map 87 grid F1).
[2] Not otherwise attested as such.
[3]
Greek Anthology 6.89.1-2 (
Maecius); from
alpha 1236. Find another extract from this epigram at
upsilon 89.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 5 September 2008@04:49:08.
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