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)
  • 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)
  • ὑπὸ πνοιῇ δὲ κάλωεσ ὅπλα τε νήια πάντα τινάσσετο νισσομένοισιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 12:3)
  • εἰ δὲ φθεγξαμένου τευ ἢ αὐδήσαντοσ ἄκουσε, σύν κεν ἄραξ’ ἡμέων κεφαλὰσ καὶ νήια δοῦρα μαρμάρῳ ὀκριόεντι βαλών· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 50:3)
  • Μέσσῃ δ’ ἑβδομάτῃ Δημήτεροσ ἱερὸν ἀκτὴν εὖ μάλ’ ὀπιπεύοντα ἐυτροχάλῳ ἐν ἀλωῇ βαλλέμεν, ὑλοτόμον τε ταμεῖν θαλαμήια δοῦρα νήιά τε ξύλα πολλά, τά τ’ ἄρμενα νηυσὶ πέλονται. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 98:3)

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.

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