νήπιος
νήπῐος,
α (
Sor. 1.7 , al.), Ion.
η,
ον, also
ος,
ον Lyc. 638 :—
A). infant, child, freq. in
Hom.,
νήπιον, οὔ πω εἰδόθ’ ὁμοιίου πολέμοιο Il. 9.440 ;
νήπια τέκνα 2.136 , etc.;
βρέφος ἔτ’ ὄντα ν. E. Ion 1399 , cf.
Andr. 755 , etc.;
νηπίους ἔτι Id. Heracl. 956 ;
τὸ ν. Pl. Ax. 366d ;
ἁρμόττουσα τοῖς ν. [πλαταγή] Arist. Pol. 1340b30 ;
ἐκ νηπίου from
a child, from
infancy, [τὸ ἡδὺ] ἐκ ν. ἡμῖν συντέθραπται Id. EN 1105a2 ;
ἐκ νηπίων Plb. 4.20.8 ;
ἐκ ν. ἡλικίας PFlor. 36.5 (iv A.D.);
infant in law,
minor, ἐφ’ ὅσον ὁ κληρονόμος ν. ἐστιν Ep.Gal. 4.1 ; of children up to puberty,
αἱ τῶν ν. ἐκλάμψιες Hp. Epid. 6.1.4 (cf.
Herophil. ap.
Gal. 17(1).826 ); but of the foetus in its early stage,
Hp. Aph. 4.1 (cf.
Gal. 17(1).653 ).
II). metaph.,
1). of the understanding,
childish, silly, Od. 13.237 ;
μέγα ν. Il. 16.46 , cf.
Od. 9.44 ; simply,
without foresight, blind, Il. 22.445 ;
ἀνὴρ ν. Heraclit. 79 , cf.
Emp. 11.1 ,
Pi. P. 3.82 ,
A. Pr. 443 ,
Democr. 76 , etc.;
ν. ὃς .. γονέων ἐπιλάθεται S. El. 145 (lyr.);
οὔτε πρὶν νήπιον, νῦν τ’. . μέγαν no
child before and now full-grown (i.e. in mind),
Id. OT 652 (lyr.); of words,
νήπια βάζεις Pi. Fr. 157 ;
ἀντιτείνειν νήπῑ ἀντὶ νηπίων E. Med. 891 ;
μηδὲν εἴπῃς ν. Ar. Nu. 105 .
2). of bodily strength,
like that of a child, βίη δέ τε ν. αὐτῶν Il. 11.561 .
ShortDef
infant, childish
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Headword (normalized):
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
νηπιος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">νήπῐος</span>, <span class="itype greek">α</span> (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.7 </a>, al.), Ion. <span class="itype greek">η</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, also <span class="itype greek">ος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lyc.</span> 638 </span>:—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">infant, child,</span> freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="quote greek">νήπιον, οὔ πω εἰδόθ’ ὁμοιίου πολέμοιο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:440" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.440/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.440 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">νήπια τέκνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:136" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.136/canonical-url/"> 2.136 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">βρέφος ἔτ’ ὄντα ν.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1399" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1399/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 1399 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:755" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:755/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 755 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">νηπίους ἔτι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:956" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:956/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 956 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ ν.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg038:366d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg038:366d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ax.</span> 366d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἁρμόττουσα τοῖς ν. [πλαταγή]</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1340b:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1340b.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1340b30 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκ νηπίου</span> from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a child,</span> from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">infancy,</span> <span class="quote greek">[τὸ ἡδὺ] ἐκ ν. ἡμῖν συντέθραπται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1105a:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1105a.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1105a2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐκ νηπίων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:20:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:20:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 4.20.8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐκ ν. ἡλικίας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PFlor.</span> 36.5 </span> (iv A.D.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">infant</span> in law, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">minor,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐφ’ ὅσον ὁ κληρονόμος ν. ἐστιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg009.perseus-grc1:4:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg009.perseus-grc1:4.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Gal.</span> 4.1 </a> ; of children up to puberty, <span class="quote greek">αἱ τῶν ν. ἐκλάμψιες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 6.1.4 </a> (cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herophil.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 17(1).826 </span>); but of the foetus in its early stage, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:4:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:4.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aph.</span> 4.1 </a> (cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 17(1).653 </span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> less freq. of animals, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:311" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.311/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.311 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:113" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.113/canonical-url/"> 11.113 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">νήπια</span> alone, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the young</span> of an animal, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.134/canonical-url/"> 17.134 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of plants, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:8:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:8:1:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 8.1.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph., </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> of the understanding, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">childish, silly,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:13:237" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:13.237/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.237 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μέγα ν.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.46 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.44 </a>; simply, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">without foresight, blind,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:445" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.445/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 22.445 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀνὴρ ν.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclit.</span> 79 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:11:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:11.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 11.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.82 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:443" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:443/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 443 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 76 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ν. ὃς .. γονέων ἐπιλάθεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:145" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:145/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 145 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">οὔτε πρὶν νήπιον, νῦν τ’. . μέγαν</span> no <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">child</span> before and now full-grown (i.e. in mind), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:652" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:652/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 652 </a> (lyr.); of words, <span class="quote greek">νήπια βάζεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:157/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 157 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀντιτείνειν νήπῑ ἀντὶ νηπίων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:891" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:891/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 891 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μηδὲν εἴπῃς ν.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 105 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of bodily strength, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">like that of a child,</span> <span class="quote greek">βίη δέ τε ν. αὐτῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:561" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.561/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.561 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}