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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

  • μὴ δῷσ αὐτῷ ἐξουσία ἐν νεότητι. θλάσον τὰσ πλευρὰσ αὐτοῦ, ὡσ ἔστι νήπιοσ, μήποτε σκληρυνθεὶσ ἀπειθήσῃ σοι. [καὶ μὴ παρίδῃσ τὰσ ἀγνοίασ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 30:11)
  • ΟΡΘΡΟΥ ἀπερρίφησαν, ἀπερρίφη βασιλεὺσ Ἰσραήλ. ὅτι νήπιοσ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐγὼ ἠγάπησα αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου μετεκάλεσα τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 11:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἑκατὸν μὲν παῖσ ἔτεα παρὰ μητέρι κεδνῇ ἐτρέφετ’ ἀτάλλων, μέγα νήπιοσ, ᾧ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 17:3)
  • παθὼν δέ τε νήπιοσ ἔγνω. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 27:6)
  • φησὶ δ’ ἀνὴρ φρένασ ἀφνειὸσ πήξασθαι ἄμαξαν, νήπιοσ, οὐδὲ τὸ οἶδ’· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 51:9)

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