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νῆσος

nesos

island

Appears 25 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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.
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