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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

  • ἢ ὥσπερ ἔκτρωμα ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ μήτρασ μητρόσ, ἢ ὥσπερ νήπιοι, οἳ οὐκ εἶδον φῶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 3:16)
  • νήπιοι, οὐδὲ ἴσασιν ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντὸσ οὐδ’ ὅσον ἐν μαλάχῃ τε καὶ ἀσφοδέλῳ μέγ’ ὄνειαρ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 5:7)
  • ὦ μέλεοι θνητοὶ καὶ νήπιοι, ἐσ κεφαλὴν σοί. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:1)
  • ὅσοι δὲ νήπιοι αὐτῶν ἢ διὰ κακότητα οὐκ ἄξιοι ἐκτῆσθαι, τούτουσ ἐῶσιν ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι ἐσ τὰ σφέτερα ἤθεα. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 14 1:2)
  • "ἐμοὶ μέντοι δοκεῖ μὴ τοῦτο κινεῖν τὸ ἐκφορικὸν ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ ἀλλ’, ὡσ πρότερον εἴρηται, πραγματικῶσ διαφέρεσθαι περὶ τῆσ ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων γενέσεωσ, ἣν φύσιν τινὲσ καλοῦσι δηλοῖ δὲ μάλιστα διὰ τούτων τῶν ἐπῶν νήπιοι· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 121)

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