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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

  • νήιδεσ ἄνθρωποι καὶ ἀφράδμονεσ οὔτ’ ἀγαθοῖο αἶσαν ἐπερχομένου προγνώμεναι οὔτε κακοῖο· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 29:1)
  • ὃσ δέ κεν αὐτὴν νῆισ ἐὼν τὸ πρῶτον ἐπιζαφελῶσ ἐρεείνῃ, μὰψ αὔτωσ κεν ἔπειτα μετήορά τε θρυλλίζοι. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 49:16)
  • ἦ τέ οἱ ἠε͂ν βέλτερον, εἰ τὸ πάροιθεν ἐνὶ κτερέεσσιν ἐλυσθεὶσ νειόθι γαίησ κεῖτο, κακῶν ἔτι νῆισ ἀέθλων. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 5:27)
  • πῶσ ἔρδω, πῶσ αὖτε τόσην ἁλὸσ εἶμι κέλευθον, νῆισ ἐὼν ἑτάροισ ἅμα νήισιν; (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 7:7)
  • "Ἥρη, νήιδα μέν με πατὴρ τέκε τοῖο βολάων, οὐδέ τινα χρειὼ θελκτήριον οἶδα πόθοιο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 1:24)
  • εἰ δὲ νῆισ ἔφυσ Μουσέων, χερσὶ βάροσ φορέεισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 191 1:2)
  • εἰ δέ γε πάμπαν νῆϊσ ἔφυσ Μουσέων, ῥῖψον ἃ μὴ νοέῃσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5832)

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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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