νηλεῖτις

neleitis

guiltless, unoffending

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νηλεῖτις, ιδος, (νη-, ἀλείτης, ἀλιταίνω) fem. Adj. A. guiltless, unoffending, γυναῖκας . . , αἵ τέ σʼ ἀτιμάζουσι καὶ αἳ νηλείτιδές εἰσι Od. 16.317, 19.498, cf. 22.418. (νηλιτέες, νηλητέες are vv. ll.; Aristarch. interpr. ἁμαρτωλοί, πολυαμάρτητοι, from νη- intens.)
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