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νῆις

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: νῆις νῆιδος

Structure: νηιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: nh-, ei)de/nai

Sense

  1. unknowing of, unpractised in

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νῆις νήιδε νήιδες
Genitive νήιδος νηίδοιν νηίδων
Dative νήιδι νηίδοιν νήισιν*
Accusative νήιδα νήιδε νήιδας
Vocative νῆι νήιδε νήιδες

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

  • Ἐνδυμίωνοσ δὲ καὶ νηίδοσ νύμφησ, ἢ ὥσ τινεσ Ἰφιανάσσησ, Αἰτωλόσ, ὃσ ἀποκτείνασ Ἆπιν τὸν Φορωνέωσ καὶ φυγὼν εἰσ τὴν Κουρήτιδα χώραν, κτείνασ τοὺσ ὑποδεξαμένουσ Φθίασ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνοσ υἱούσ, Δῶρον καὶ Λαόδοκον καὶ Πολυποίτην, ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ τὴν χώραν Αἰτωλίαν ἐκάλεσεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 7 6:1)
  • οἱ δὲ ἐκ Καλιάδνησ νηίδοσ νύμφησ παῖδεσ δώδεκα ἐκληρώσαντο περὶ τῶν ἐκ Πολυξοῦσ νηίδοσ νύμφησ· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 1 5:11)
  • Λακεδαίμονοσ δὲ καὶ Σπάρτησ τῆσ Εὐρώτα, ὃσ ἦν ἀπὸ Λέλεγοσ αὐτόχθονοσ καὶ νύμφησ νηίδοσ Κλεοχαρείασ, Ἀμύκλασ καὶ Εὐρυδίκη, ἣν ἔγημεν Ἀκρίσιοσ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 10 4:2)
  • εἰσὶ δὲ οἱ λέγοντεσ Ἀφαρέα μὲν καὶ Λεύκιππον ἐκ Περιήρουσ γενέσθαι τοῦ Αἰόλου, Κυνόρτου δὲ Περιήρην, τοῦ δὲ Οἴβαλον, Οἰβάλου δὲ καὶ νηίδοσ νύμφησ Βατείασ Τυνδάρεων Ἱπποκόωντα Ἰκάριον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 10 5:5)

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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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