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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

  • ἡ δήλωσισ τῶν λόγων σου φωτιεῖ καὶ συνετιεῖ νηπίουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 118:130)
  • ἀνθ̓ ὧν γὰρ ἠδίκουν νηπίουσ, φονευθήσονται, καὶ ἐξετασμὸσ ἀσεβεῖσ ὀλεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 1:32)
  • τἀν βροτοῖσ δὲ πήματα ἀκούσαθ’, ὥσ σφασ νηπίουσ ὄντασ τὸ πρὶν ἔννουσ ἔθηκα καὶ φρενῶν ἐπηβόλουσ. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode6)
  • ἐκ δὲ τούτου τῆσ δυνάμεωσ ἐπιλιπούσησ διαγαγὼν τὴν νύκτα μοχθηρῶσ ἀπέθανε, δύο παῖδασ ἐκ τῆσ Μετέλλησ νηπίουσ καταλιπών. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 37 4:1)
  • λέγεται δὲ <καὶ> ὅτι φεύγουσα τοὺσ παῖδασ ἔτι νηπίουσ ὄντασ κατέλιπεν, ἱκέτασ καθίσασα ἐπὶ τὸν βωμὸν τῆσ Ἥρασ τῆσ ἀκραίασ· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 28:3)

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