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νεφέλη

nephele

cloud, mass of clouds

Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νεφέλη, ἡ, (νέφος) A. cloud, mass of clouds (distd. from ὁμίχλη, mist or fog, Arist. Mete. 346b33), Il. 15.20, Hes. Th. 745, etc.; ν. κυανέη, πορφυρέη, Od. 12.75, Il. 17.551; ἐριβρόμου νεφέλας στρατός Pi. P. 6.11; νεφέλαι πόκοις ἐρίων ὁμοῖαι Thphr. Sign. 13.—Mostly poet., but found in X. An. 1.8.8, Arist., Thphr. ll. cc., and in late Prose, Plu. 2.777e, Philostr. Ep. 24. 2. metaph., νεφέλη δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε κυανέη, of death, Il. 20.417; τὸν δʼ ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε μέλαινα a cloud of sorrow, 17.591, cf. S. Ant. 528 (anap.); πολέμου ν. Simon. 89; φόνου ν. Pi. N. 9.38, cf. I. 7(6).27; Κενταύρου φονίᾳ νεφέλᾳ, i.e. with his blood, S. Tr. 831 (lyr.); κελαινῶπις ν., of sleep, Pi. P. 1.7. II. of clouds in urine, Hp. Prog. 12, Gal. 6.252. 2. = νεφέλιον II.2, Hp. Prorrh. 2.20. 3. cloud on a mirror, Arist. Insomn. 459b30. III. fine bird-net, in pl., Ar. Av. 194,528 (anap.), Call. Aet. 3.1.37, Gal. UP 1.2, Ath. 1.25d: in sg., AP 6.11 (Satyr.), 109 (Antip.), 185 (Zos.). IV. Alchem., sublimate, Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.50 B.
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