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νήπιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νήπιος

Structure: νηπι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nh-, e)/pos

Sense

  1. childish, infantile, juvenile, young
  2. (of animals)
  3. (of the understanding) childish, untaught, silly
  4. (of bodily strength)

Examples

  • ἡρ́πασε γὰρ Ἀριάδνην καὶ Ἀντιόπην καὶ Ἀναξὼ τὴν Τροιζηνίαν, ἐπὶ πάσαισ δὲ τὴν Ἑλένην, παρηκμακὼσ οὐκ ἀκμάζουσαν, ἀλλὰ νηπίαν καὶ ἀώρον αὐτὸσ ὡρ́αν ἔχων ἤδη γάμων πεπαῦσθαι καὶ νομίμων ἔπειτα διὰ τὴν αἰτίαν οὐ γὰρ ἀξιώτεραί γε παιδοποιοὶ τῶν Ἀθήνησιν Ἐρεχθηίδων καὶ Κεκροπίδων αἱ Τροιζηνίων καὶ Λακώνων καὶ Ἀμαζόνων ἀνέγγυοι θυγατέρεσ ἦσαν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Theseus and Romulus, chapter 6 1:3)
  • ἢ νὴ Δία Τυνδάρεω παραδόντοσ αὐτοῦ, φοβηθέντοσ Ἐναρσφόρον τὸν Ἱπποκόωντοσ ἔτι νηπίαν οὖσαν βιαζόμενον τὴν Ἑλένην λαβεῖν. (Plutarch, chapter 31 1:3)

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