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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

  • ἐν δὲ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ τολμήμασι καὶ θήλειαν Ἱπποκένταυρον ὁ Ζεῦξισ ἐποίησεν, ἀνατρέφουσάν γε προσέτι παιδίω Ἱπποκενταύρω διδύμω κομιδῇ νηπίω. (Lucian, Zeuxis 6:1)
  • τὸ νεογνὸν δὲ τὸ ἐν τῷ νηπίῳ ὅμωσ ἄγριον καὶ ἐν τῷ ἁπαλῷ ἤδη φοβερόν, καὶ τοῦτο θαυμαστὸν οἱο͂ν ἔδοξέ μοι, καὶ ὅτι παιδικῶσ μάλα πρὸσ τὸν σκύμνον τοῦ λέοντοσ ἀναβλέπουσι, μεταξὺ τῆσ θηλῆσ ἑκάτεροσ ἐπειλημμένοι ἐν χρῷ τῇ μητρὶ προσιστάμενοι. (Lucian, Zeuxis 12:1)
  • ὄψιν δὲ προσβαλοῦσα παιδὶ νηπίῳ ἐθαύμασ’ εἴ τισ Δελφίδων τλαίη κόρη λαθραῖον ὠδῖν’ ἐσ θεοῦ ῥῖψαι δόμον, ὑπέρ τε θυμέλασ διορίσαι πρόθυμοσ ἦν· (Euripides, Ion, episode 4:2)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἦν μέγασ ὁ νήπιοσ, ἀλλ’ ὁ τῷ νηπίῳ τὸ πατρῷον ἀποδοὺσ γέρασ καὶ μὴ σφετερισάμενοσ μηδ’ ἀποστερήσασ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 5 2:1)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἦν μέγασ ὁ νήπιοσ, ἀλλ’ ὁ τῷ νηπίῳ τὸ πατρῷον ἀποδοὺσ γέρασ καὶ μὴ σφετερισάμενοσ μηδ’ ἀποστερήσασ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 5 1:1)

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