nesiotes

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νησιώτης (nēsiṓtēs, islander).

Adjective

nēsiōtēs (neuter nēsiōtes or nēsiōtēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

  1. (New Latin) Inhabiting an island

Usage notes

  • Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative nēsiōtēs nēsiōtes1
nēsiōtēs
nēsiōtēs nēsiōtia
Genitive nēsiōtis nēsiōtium
Dative nēsiōtī nēsiōtibus
Accusative nēsiōtem nēsiōtes1
nēsiōtēs
nēsiōtēs nēsiōtia
Ablative nēsiōtī nēsiōtibus
Vocative nēsiōtes1
nēsiōtēs
nēsiōtēs nēsiōtia

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

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