νῆσος

nesos

island

Appears 28 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 14
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Chapter 25 832a22–22

832a22
Chapter 33 832b26–28

832b26
Chapter 34 832b29–30

832b30
Chapter 44 833b3–5

833b3
Chapter 58 834b18–30

834b18
Chapter 79 836a7–18

836a7
Chapter 81 836a24–836b12

836a30
836b7
Chapter 93 837b26–31

837b26
Chapter 100 838b12–29

838b12
838b20
Chapter 103 839a26–33

839a26
Chapter 105 839b9–840a5

839b21
840a4
De Mundo 7
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Chapter 3 392b14–394a6

392b20
392b21
392b25
392b28
393a8
393b11
394a3
Politics 4
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Book II 3
Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23

1271b32
1271b38
1272b1
Book V 1
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16

1303b10
Meteorology 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 3 356b4–359b26

356b14

Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

367a13
Ventorum Situs 1
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Chapter 1 973a1–973b25

973a6

Dictionary (LSJ)

νῆσος, Dor. νᾶσος, ἡ, A. island, Il. 2.721, etc.; ἐν τᾷ μεγάλᾳ Δωρίδι νάσῳ Πέλοπος, i.e. the Peloponnese, S. OC 696; μακάρων νῆσοι, v. μάκαρ; αἱ ν. the islands of the Archipelago, Ar. Eq. 1319, X. HG 4.8.1; καὶ πῶς γυνὴ . . νῆσον ἀμφιέννυται; Anaxil. 35 (cf. περίνησος): heterocl. gen. pl. νησάων Call. Del. 66. 2. land flooded by the Nile, PHib. 1.90.7 (iii B.C.), etc.; opp. ἤπειρος, PGiss. 60 (ii A.D.); νῆσοι ποταμοφόρητοι POxy. 1445.13 (ii A.D.); so of alluvial land in Tab.Heracl. 1.38.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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