Νῦσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Νῦσᾰ • (Nûsa) f (genitive Νῡ́σης); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Nysa (mountainous land where the Hyades raised the infant god Dionysus)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Νῦσᾰ; τῆς Νῡ́σης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Νῦσᾰ
hē Nûsa
Genitive τῆς Νῡ́σης
tês Nū́sēs
Dative τῇ Νῡ́σῃ
têi Nū́sēi
Accusative τὴν Νῦσᾰν
tḕn Nûsan
Vocative Νῦσᾰ
Nûsa
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Νῡσαῖοι (Nūsaîoi)
  • Νῡσᾱΐς (Nūsāḯs)
  • Νῡσεύς (Nūseús)
  • Νῡσήϊος (Nūsḗïos)
  • Νῡ́σῐος (Nū́sios)

Descendants
  • Greek: Νύσα (Nýsa)
  • Latin: Nȳsa

References
  • “Νῦσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Νῦσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018

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