Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νήιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νήιος νήιᾱ νήιον

Structure: νηι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nau=s

Sense

  1. of or for a ship, ship-

Declension

First/Second 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

  • ὁ δὲ νῆα μέλαιναν] πάντοσ’ ἀνασσείσασκε, τίνασσε δὲ νήια δοῦρα. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 27:5)
  • καὶ τὴν μὲν θεὸσ αὖτισ ἀπέτραπεν, ἷζε δ’ ὕπερθεν νηίου ἀφλάστοιο μετήοροσ ἀίξασα. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 19:6)
  • ὕψι δὲ λαχνῆέν τε κάρη καὶ στήθε’ ἀείρασ νειόθεν ἐκ λαγόνων στιβαρῇ ἐπορέξατο χειρὶ νηίου ὁλκαίοιο, καὶ ἰάχεν ἐσσυμένοισιν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 22:33)
  • ὡσ δ’ ὅτε νήια δοῦρα θοοῖσ ἀντίξοα γόμφοισ ἀνέρεσ ὑληουργοὶ ἐπιβλήδην ἐλάοντεσ θείνωσι σφύρῃσιν, ἐπ’ ἄλλῳ δ’ ἄλλοσ ἀήται δοῦποσ ἄδην· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 2:14)
  • πεπέδητο δὲ νήια δοῦρα. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 9:45)

Synonyms

  1. of or for a ship

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION