Nesis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νησίς (Nēsís), from νησίς (nēsís, “islet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈneː.sis/, [ˈneːs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.sis/, [ˈnɛːs̬is]

Proper noun

Nēsis f sg (genitive Nēsidis); third declension

1. A small island in the gulf of Naples, now Nisida
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 16.2.3.1:

     Fuī enim apud illum multās hōrās in Nēside, cum paulō ante tuās litterās accēpisset.

     I spent several hours with him at Nesis, just after I received your letter.

   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 53.1.6:

     Itaque quō celerius ēvāderem, prōtinus per altum ad Nēsida dērēxī praecīsūrus omnēs sinūs.

     So, in order to get away more quickly, I made straight out to sea for Nesis, with the purpose of cutting across all the inlets.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nēsis
genitive	Nēsidis
dative	Nēsidī
accusative	Nēsidem Nēsida
ablative	Nēside
vocative	Nēsis

References

• “Nesis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.