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νέηλυς

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: νέηλυς νέηλυδος

Structure: νεηλυδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: h)/luqon, aor2 of e)/rxomai

Sense

  1. newly come, a new-comer

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

  • αὖ πάλιν ἀνταποδίδωσιν οἰκείωσ τὸν ἔπαινον ἵπποι δ’ οἵδε, γεραιέ, νεήλυδεσ, οὓσ ἐρεείνεισ, Θρηίκιοι, τὸν δέ σφιν ἄνακτ’ ἀγαθὸσ Διομήδησ ἔκτανε, πὰρ δ’ ἑτάρουσ δυοκαίδεκα πάντασ ἀρίστουσ. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 13 27:1)
  • καὶ οἱ νεήλυδεσ ἰδόντεσ ἔφευγον ἀτάκτωσ καὶ μετὰ βοῆσ ἐσ τὸ χαράκωμα, ὅπερ αὐτοῖσ ἐξείργαστο ὁ ταμίασ Τορκουᾶτοσ συνεστώσησ ἔτι τῆσ μάχησ, ὑπονοήσασ ἐν χρείᾳ γενήσεσθαι. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 3, chapter 9 6:3)
  • οἱ μὲν δὴ νεήλυδεσ ἐσ αὐτὸ ἀτάκτωσ συνειλοῦντο, Ἰταλοὶ μὲν ὄντεσ ὁμοίωσ τοῖσ Ἀρείοισ· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 3, chapter 9 6:4)
  • εἰ γὰρ δὴ μέματον Τρώων καταδῦναι ὅμιλον Θρήϊκεσ οἷδ’ ἀπάνευθε νεήλυδεσ ἔσχατοι ἄλλων· (Homer, Iliad, Book 10 49:5)
  • ἵπποι δ’ οἵδε γεραιὲ νεήλυδεσ οὓσ ἐρεείνεισ Θρηί̈κιοι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 10 62:3)
  • πρὸσ ταῦτα ἐγὼ εἶπον Καὶ ἡμεῖσ τοι ἄνθρωποι, νεήλυδέσ μέν, ὦ πάτερ, αὐτῷ σκάφει πρῴην καταποθέντεσ, προήλθομεν δὲ νῦν βουλόμενοι μαθεῖν τὰ ἐν τῇ ὕλῃ ὡσ ἔχει· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 33:7)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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