νῆσος,
Doric dialect νᾶσος, ἡ, island, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.721, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν τᾷ μεγάλᾳ Δωρίδι νάσῳ Πέλοπος, i.e. the Peloponnese, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 696 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μακάρων νῆσοι, see at {μάκα; αἱ ν}. the islands of the Archipelago, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1319, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.8.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ πῶς γυνὴ.. νῆσον ἀμφιέννυτα; [[ 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 35 (compare περίνησος)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: irregular genitive plural νησάων [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 66. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 land flooded by the Nile, [[ “PHib.” 1.90.7 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; opposed to ἤπειρος, [[ “PGiss.” 60 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; νῆσοι ποταμοφόρητοι [[ “POxy.” 1445.13 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; so of alluvial land in [[ “Tab.Heracl.” 1.38. ] Refs]