Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • μὴ ἀπόσχῃ νήπιον παιδεύειν, ὅτι ἐὰν πατάξῃσ αὐτὸν ράβδῳ, οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 23:13)
  • καὶ παιδίον νήπιον ἐπὶ τρώγλην ἀσπίδων καὶ ἐπὶ κοίτην ἐκγόνων ἀσπίδων τὴν χεῖρα ἐπιβαλεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 11:8)
  • καὶ νῦν οὕτωσ εἶπε Κύριοσ παντοκράτωρ. ἱνατί ὑμεῖσ ποιεῖτε κακὰ μεγάλα ἐπὶ ψυχαῖσ ὑμῶν ἐκκόψαι ὑμῶν ἄνθρωπον καὶ γυναῖκα, νήπιον καὶ θηλάζοντα ἐκ μέσου Ἰούδα πρὸσ τὸ μὴ καταλειφθῆναι ὑμῶν μηδένα, (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 51:7)
  • Ἐξέλιπον ἐν δάκρυσιν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, ἐταράχθη ἡ καρδία μου, ἐξεχύθη εἰσ τὴν γῆν ἡ δόξα μου ἐπὶ τὸ σύντριμμα τῆσ θυγατρὸσ τοῦ λαοῦ μου ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν νήπιον καὶ θηλάζοντα ἐν πλατείαισ πόλεωσ. (Septuagint, Lamentationes 2:11)
  • ὁρῶ γὰρ ἄγγοσ οὗ ’ξέθηκ’ ἐγώ ποτε ‐ σέ γ’, ὦ τέκνον μοι, βρέφοσ ἔτ’ ὄντα νήπιον, Κέκροποσ ἐσ ἄντρα καὶ Μακρὰσ πετρηρεφεῖσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambics 5:5)

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