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Φύσιν πονηρὰν μεταβαλεῖν οὐ ῥᾴδιον → Haud facile commutatur ingenium malum → Verdorbene Natur zu ändern ist nicht leicht

Menander, Monostichoi, 531

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substantive

P. and V. νῆσος, ἡ, V. χθὼν περίρρυτος ἡ.

of an island, adj.: P. and V. νησιωτικός, V. νησιώτης (with masc. subs.), νησιῶτις (with fem. subs.), νησαῖος.

fellow inhabitants of one island home: P. σύνοικοι μιᾶς χώρας καὶ περιρρύτου (Thuc. 4, 64).

Translations

Abkhaz: адгьылбжьаха; Acehnese: pulo; Adyghe: хыгъэхъун, псыгу; Afrikaans: eiland; Ainu: モシㇼ; Aklanon: pueo'; Albanian: ishull, ujdhesë, cekë, ansujë; Amharic: ደሴት; Antillean Creole: zil; Arabic: جَزِيرَة‎; Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة‎; Aragonese: isla; Aramaic Syriac: ܓܙܪܬܐ‎; Armenian: կղզի; Assamese: দ্বীপ; Asturian: islla; Aymara: wat’a; Azerbaijani: ada; Baba Malay: pulo; Baekje: 斯麻, セマ; Balinese: pulo, nusa; Bashkir: утрау; Basque: irla, uharte; Bats: გუბ, კუნძულ; Belarusian: востраў, вы́спа; Bengali: দ্বীপ, জিঞ্জিরা; Bhojpuri: द्वीप; Bislama: aelan; Breton: enez; Brunei Malay: pulau; Bulgarian: остров; Burmese: ကျွန်း; Buryat: арал; Catalan: illa; Cebuano: pulo; Central Dusun: pulou; Central Melanau: pulau; Chamicuro: yishla; Chechen: гӏайре; Cherokee: ᎠᎽᏰᎵ; Chichewa: chilumba; Chinese Cantonese: 島, 岛, 島嶼, 岛屿, 海島, 海岛; Dungan: до, хэдо; Gan: 島, 岛; Hakka: 島, 岛; Jin: 島, 岛; Mandarin: 島, 岛, 島嶼, 岛屿, 海島, 海岛; Min Bei: 島, 岛; Min Dong: 島, 岛; Min Nan: 島嶼, 岛屿, 島, 岛, 海島, 海岛; Wu: 島, 岛, 島嶼, 岛屿; Xiang: 島, 岛; Chukchi: иԓир; Chuvash: утрав; Coptic Bohairic: ⲙⲟⲩⲓ, ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ; Sahidic: ⲙⲟⲩⲉ, ⲛⲏⲥⲟⲥ; Cornish: enys; Corsican: isula; Cree: ᒥᓂᔥᑎᒄ; Crimean Tatar: ada; Czech: ostrov; Danish: ø, holm, skær; Dhivehi: ޖަޒާ‎; Dogrib: dı; Dutch: eiland; Early Modern Korean: 셤; Emilian: îsla; Esperanto: insulo; Estonian: saar; Even: букчан; Ewe: ƒukpo; Faroese: oyggj, hólmur; Fijian: yanuyanu; Finnish: saari; French: île, ile; Old French: isle; Friulian: isule, ìsule; Galician: illa, insua, ieste; Georgian: კუნძული; German: Insel, Eiland; Alemannic German: Insle; Bavarian: Insl; Greek: νήσος, νησί; Ancient Greek: νῆσος; Greenlandic: qeqertaq; Guaraní: ypa'ũ; Gujarati: દ્વીપ, ટાપુ; Haitian Creole: zile, zil; Hausa: tsibiri; Hawaiian: moku; Hebrew: אִי‎; Hindi: द्वीप, टापू, जज़ीरा, उपद्वीप; Hungarian: sziget; Hunsrik: Insel; Icelandic: ey, eyja, eyland; Ido: insulo; Igbo: àgwè, àgwà; Ilocano: puro; Indonesian: pulau, nusa; Interlingua: insula; Iranun: pulu; Irish: oileán, inis; Isnag: puxo; Italian: isola; Japanese: 島; Javanese: pulo; Jeju: 섬; Kabuverdianu: ilha; Kalmyk: арл; Kannada: ದ್ವೀಪ; Karachay-Balkar: айрымкан, айрыкам; Kashubian: òstrow; Kazakh: арал, атау; Khakas: олтырых; Khmer: កោះ; Komi-Permyak: ди; Komi-Zyrian: ді; Korean: 섬, 도(島); Kumyk: атав; Kuna: dupu; Kunigami: 島; Kurdish Central Kurdish: گراڤ‎; Northern Kurdish: girav; Kyrgyz: арал; Ladino: adá, isola, izla; Lakota: wíta; Lao: ດອນ, ເກາະ; Latgalian: jiursola, azarsola, upsola; Latin: insula; Latvian: sala; Laz: ადა; Lingala: esanga; Lithuanian: sala; Livonian: sǭr; Livvi: suari; Lombard: isula; Low German: Insel, Ailand; Dutch Low Saxon: eilaand; Ludian: suar'; Luganda: ekizinga; Luxembourgish: Insel; Lü: ᦓᧄᧉᦂᦸᦰ, ᦂᦸᦰ, ᦂᦸᦰᦡᦸᧃ; Macedonian: остров; Malagasy: nosy; Malay: pulau, nusa; Jawi: ڤولاو‎, نوسا‎; Malayalam: ദ്വീപ്; Maltese: gżira, ġzira; Manchu: ᡨᡠᠨ; Mansaka: poro; Manx: ellan, innis, innys, insh; Maori: motu; Mapudungun: wapi; Maranao: polo, molopolo; Marathi: बेट; Mari Eastern Mari: отро; Western Mari: ошмаоты; Middle Korean: 셤〯; Mingrelian: კოკი; Mirandese: ilha; Miyako: 島; Mizo: thliarkar; Moksha: цёнга; Mongolian Cyrillic: арал; Uyghurjin: ᠠᠷᠠᠯ; Mwani: kisirwa; Nahuatl: tlālhuāctli; Nanai: боачан; Nepali: द्वीप, टापू; Ngazidja Comorian: siwa; Niuean: motu; Nivkh: ур̌; Norman: île; North Frisian Föhr-Amrum: eilun; Helgoland: Ailun, Eelun; Mooring: ailönj; Sylt: Ailön; Northern Sami: suolu; Northern Sotho: sehlakehlake; Northern Norwegian Bokmål: øy; Nynorsk: øy; Nottoway-Meherrin: eohtessieh; Occitan: illa, iscla; Ojibwe: minis; Okinawan: 島; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: островъ, отокъ; Old East Slavic: островъ; Old English: īeġland; Old French: isle; Old Japanese: 島; Oriya: ଟାପୁ, ଦ୍ଵୀପ; Ossetian: сакъадах; Ottoman Turkish: جزیره‎, آدا‎, جزائر‎; Palauan: iungs; Pashto: ټاپو‎, جزيره‎; Persian: جزیره‎, گنگ‎; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤉‎; Pijin: aelan; Pitcairn-Norfolk: ailen; Plautdietsch: Insel; Poitevin-Saintongese: ilâte, ile; Polabian: våstrüv; Polish: wyspa; Old Polish: ostrów; Portuguese: ilha; Punjabi: ਟਾਪੂ; Quechua: wat'a; Rapa Nui: motu; Romani: dvip; Romanian: insulă; Romansch: insla; Russian: остров; Rusyn: остров; S'gaw Karen: ကီး; Samoan: motu; Sango: zûa; Sanskrit: जलवेष्टितभूमि; Sardinian: isula; Saterland Frisian: Ailound; Scots: island; Scottish Gaelic: eilean, innis; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: о̏стрво, о̀ток; Roman: ȍstrvo, òtok; Shona: chitsuwa; Sicilian: ìsula; Sindhi: ٻيٽُ‎; Sinhalese: දිවයින; Slovak: ostrov; Slovene: ôtok; Slovincian: u̯ostrȯw; Somali: jasiirad; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: kupa, kupka; Upper Sorbian: kupa; Sotho: sehlekehleke; Southern Altai: ортолык; Southern Spanish: isla, ínsula; Sundanese: pulo; Swahili: kisiwa; Swedish: ö, holme, kobbe, skär; Tagalog: pulo; Tahitian: motu; Tajik: ҷазира; Tamil: தீவு; Tatar: утрау; Telugu: దీవి, ద్వీపము; Thai: เกาะ; Tibetan: མཚོ་གླིང, གླིང་ཕྲན; Tigrinya: ደሴት; Tlingit: x'áat'; Tocharian B: prenke; Tok Pisin: ailan; Tongan: motu; Torres Strait Creole: ailan; Tuamotuan: motu; Turkish: ada, aral, cezire; Turkmen: ada; Tuvan: ортулук; Udmurt: остров; Ukrainian: острів; Urdu: ٹاپو‎, جزیرہ‎; Uyghur: ئارال‎, جەزىرە‎; Uzbek: orol, jazira; Venetian: ixoła; Veps: sar'; Vietnamese: đảo, hòn đảo; Volapük: nisul; Voro: saar'; Votic: saari; Walloon: iye; Waray-Waray: purô; Welsh: ynys; West Coast Bajau: pulou; West Frisian: eilân; Western Panjabi: ٹاپو‎; Wolof: dun; Xhosa: isiqithi; Yaeyama: 島; Yakut: арыы; Yiddish: אינדזל‎; Yonaguni: ダマ, 島; Yoruba: erékùṣù; Yup'ik: qikertaq; Yámana: yeška; Zazaki: ada, aleng; Zhuang: dauj; Zulu: isiqhingi