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νεῦμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεῦμα νεῦματος

Structure: νευματ (Stem)

Etym.: neu/w

Sense

  1. a nod or sign, a mere nod, without cause

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νεῦμα νεύματε νεύματα
Genitive νεύματος νευμάτοιν νευμάτων
Dative νεύματι νευμάτοιν νεύμασιν*
Accusative νεῦμα νεύματε νεύματα
Vocative νεῦμα νεύματε νεύματα

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

  • νέουσ ἀγόμενοι, σεσηρότεσ ὅθ’ οἱ τρέφοντεσ γελῶσι, καὶ ψυχῆσ ὑποβολιμαῖα καὶ νόθα μέρη βίου, πρὸσ δὲ τὸ τῶν πλουσίων νεῦμα ζῶντεσ, τῇ τύχῃ μὲν ἐλεύθεροι, τῇ προαιρέσει δὲ δοῦλοι· (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 17 13:2)
  • τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ἄδηλον εἴτε πρὸσ τόν λόγον τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ ὁ Δημοσθένησ εἴτε πρὸσ τόν βίον καὶ τὴν δόξαν ἐπεπόνθει, πολλῶν πάνυ καὶ μακρῶν περιόδων ἓν ῥῆμα καὶ νεῦμα πίστιν ἔχοντοσ ἀνθρώπου κυριώτερον ἡγούμενοσ. (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 10 3:1)
  • ἀλλὰ τοῦτο μὲν ἴσωσ πρὸσ τὸ ἦθοσ ἀνοιστέον ἐπεὶ καὶ ῥῆμα καὶ νεῦμα μόνον ἀνδρὸσ ἀγαθοῦ μυρίοισ ἐνθυμήμασι καὶ περιόδοισ ἀντίρροπον ἔχει πίστιν. (Plutarch, chapter 5 4:2)
  • θοῶσ δ’ ὕπερθεν ὡ̓͂κα λέχριον φέρων νεῦμα ποδῶν σποράδων πίφαυσκεν ἴχνει θένων . (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 27 1:5)
  • τὸ νεῦμα χεὶρ μένει δέ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 386 1:1)

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

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