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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

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

  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ ὅπλοισ πεποίθασιν ἅμα καὶ τόλμαισ, ἔφησεν, ἡμεῖσ δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ παντοκράτορι Θεῷ, δυναμένῳ καὶ τοὺσ ἐρχομένουσ ἐφ̓ ἡμᾶσ καὶ τὸν ὅλον κόσμον ἐν ἑνὶ νεύματι καταβαλεῖν, πεποίθαμεν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 8:18)
  • ἓξ δ’ ἐτέων ἀνύσασ δεκάδασ, στήλην ἐπὶ νίκαισ εἷλεσ, Καλλιόπα, νεύματι κοιρανίησ, ὄφρα μένοι καὶ ἔπειτα τεὸν κλέοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3582)
  • σιγῶ, φθεγγομένη παλάμησ θελξίφρονα παλμόν, νεύματι φωνήεσσαν ἀπαγγέλλουσα σιωπήν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 505 3:2)
  • νεύματι γὰρ σῷ πάντα φέρει κλέοσ ᾧ ποτε χειρὶ δεξιτερῇ παρέχῃσ αὐχένα θεσπέσιον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7882)
  • τοῦ κινήσαντοσ ὀλίγῳ νεύματι τῶν ὀφρύων τὸν ξύμπαντα Ὄλυμπον, ὡσ ἐκεῖνοσ μάλιστα ἐναργῶσ καὶ πεποιθότωσ ἐν τοῖσ ἔπεσιν εἴρηκεν, ἦ καὶ κυανέῃσιν ἐπ’ ὀφρύσι νεῦσε Κρονίων, ἀμβρόσιαι δ’ ἄρα χαῖται ἐπερρώσαντο ἄνακτοσ κρατὸσ ἀπ’ ἀθανάτοιο, μέγαν δ’ ἐλέλιξεν Ὄλυμπον. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 32:1)

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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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