νησσίον

ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top

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Full diacritics: νησσίον	Medium diacritics: νησσίον	Low diacritics: νησσίον	Capitals: ΝΗΣΣΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: nēssíon	Transliteration B: nēssion	Transliteration C: nission	Beta Code: nhssi/on

English (LSJ)

τό, Dim. of νῆσσα,

A PLond.ined.2181 (vi/vii A.D.).