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νέφος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νέφος νέφεος

Structure: νεφο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. cloud

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Κύριοσ εἶπε τῷ Ἰὼβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 40:6)
  • ὦναξ Ἄπολλον τοῦ νέφουσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parodos, lyric37)
  • ὁρᾶτε δήπουθεν, ὅταν ἴριδεσ δύο φανῶσι, νέφουσ νέφοσ ἐμπεριέχοντοσ, ἀμαυράν ποιοῦσαν καὶ ἀσαφῆ τὰ χρώματα τὴν περιέχουσαν τὸ γὰρ ἐκτὸσ νέφοσ ἀπωτέρω τῆσ ὄψεωσ κείμενον οὐκ εὔτονον οὐδ’ ἰσχυρὰν τὴν ἀνάκλασιν ἀποδίδωσι. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 23 6:16)
  • ἐξαίφνησ δὲ μεγάλησ περὶ τὸν ἀέρα τροπῆσ γενομένησ καὶ νέφουσ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐρείσαντοσ ἅμα πνεύματι καὶ ζάλῃ, τὸν μὲν ἄλλον ὅμιλον ἐκπλαγέντα συνέβη φυγεῖν καὶ σκεδασθῆναι, τὸν δὲ Ῥωμύλον ἀφανῆ γενέσθαι, καὶ μήτε αὐτὸν ἔτι μήτε σῶμα τεθνηκότοσ εὑρεθῆναι, χαλεπὴν δὲ τιν’ ὑπόνοιαν ἅψασθαι τῶν πατρικίων, καὶ ῥυῆναι λόγον ἐν τῷ δήμῳ κατ’ αὑτῶν ὡσ πάλαι βαρυνόμενοι τὸ βασιλεύεσθαι καὶ μεταστῆσαι τὸ κράτοσ εἰσ αὑτοὺσ θέλοντεσ ἀνέλοιεν τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ γάρ ἐδόκει τραχύτερον ἤδη προσφέρεσθαι καὶ μοναρχικώτερον αὐτοῖσ. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 2 2:1)
  • "οὕτωσ ἡ ψυχὴ τὴν μαντικὴν οὐκ ἐπικτᾶται δύναμιν ἐκβᾶσα τοῦ σώματοσ ὥσπερ νέφουσ, ἀλλ’ ἔχουσα καὶ νῦν τυφλοῦται διὰ τὴν πρὸσ τὸ θνητὸν ἀνάμιξιν αὐτῆσ καὶ σύγχυσιν. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 39 2:7)

Synonyms

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