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νιφάς

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νιφάς νιφάδος

Structure: νιφαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ni/fw

Sense

  1. a snowflake, snowflakes, a snowstorm, snow
  2. a shower, the sleet

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νιφάς νιφάδε νιφάδες
Genitive νιφάδος νιφάδοιν νιφάδων
Dative νιφάδι νιφάδοιν νιφάσιν*
Accusative νιφάδα νιφάδε νιφάδας
Vocative νιφά νιφάδε νιφάδες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἁμέρᾳ γὰρ ἐν μιᾷ τραχεῖα νιφὰσ πολέμοιο τεσσάρων ἀνδρῶν ἐρήμωσεν μάκαιραν ἑστίαν· (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 4 5:3)
  • ὡσ δ’ ὅτ’ ἂν ἐκ νεφέων πτῆται νιφὰσ ἠὲ χάλαζα ψυχρὴ ὑπὸ ῥιπῆσ αἰθρηγενέοσ Βορέαο, ὣσ κραιπνῶσ μεμαυῖα διέπτατο ὠκέα Ἶρισ, ἀγχοῦ δ’ ἱσταμένη προσέφη κλυτὸν ἐννοσίγαιον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 16:2)

Synonyms

  1. a snowflake

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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