Nesis

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νησίς (Nēsís), from νησίς (nēsís, “islet”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈneː.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛː.s̬is] === Proper noun === Nēsis f sg (genitive Nēsidis); third declension A small island in the gulf of Naples, now Nisida ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. === 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.