movable nus

A form of movable nu — The letter nu placed on the end of some grammatical forms in Attic or Ionic Greek, to avoid two vowels in a row (hiatus) or to create a long syllable in poetic meter.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of movable nu
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