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νησιώτ-ης, Dor. νᾱσιωτᾱς, ου, ὁ, fem. -ῶτις, ιδος, islander, Pi.P. 10.47, Hdt.1.27, 143, Ar.Pax298, Th.5.97, etc.

2. metaph., of a swimmer, Tim.Pers.44.

II. as Adj., insular, λαὸς νασιώτας Pi.P. 9.55; ν. βίος E.Heracl.84; νησιώτιδες πόλεις insular cities, Hdt.7.22; νησιῶτις πέτρα an island rock, A.Pers.390; ἑστία S.Tr.658 (lyr.): also with a neut. Subst., νησιώτῃ μειρακίῳ Luc.Dom.3.

2. epith. of Apollo in Locris, BCH46.446; of Dionysus, Ath.Mitt.29.169 (Pergam.).