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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νέφος νέφει νέφη
Genitive νέφους νέφοιν νεφέων
Dative νέφει νέφοιν νέφεσιν*
Accusative νέφος νέφει νέφη
Vocative νέφος νέφει νέφη

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

  • φράζεσθαι δ’, εὖτ’ ἂν γεράνου φωνὴν ἐπακούσῃσ ὑψόθεν ἐκ νεφέων ἐνιαύσια κεκληγυίησ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 51:1)
  • Ὦ πταναὶ δολιχαύχενεσ, σύννομοι νεφέων δρόμου, βᾶτε Πλειάδασ ὑπὸ μέσασ Ὠρίωνά τ’ ἐννύχιον· (Euripides, Helen, choral, strophe 22)
  • ἄστρων γὰρ ψαύει καρχήσια καὶ τριελίκτουσ θώρακασ μεγάλων ἐντὸσ ἔχει νεφέων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 44 2:5)
  • εὖτε Φερὰσ ἐπέβαλλεν, ἀγαλλομένη Διὸσ οὔρῳ, καί σφιν ὑπὲκ νεφέων Ἰθάκησ τ’ ὄροσ αἰπὺ πέφαντο Δουλίχιόν τε Σάμη τε καὶ ὑλήεσσα Ζάκυνθοσ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 27:15)
  • ἐκ νεφέων δέ οἱ ἀντάϋσε βροντᾶσ αἴσιον φθέγμα· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 61:1)

Synonyms

  1. cloud

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