νέφος
nephos
cloud, mass of clouds
Appears 45 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νέφος, εος, τό, A. cloud, mass of clouds, Il. 4.275, al.; σμικροῦ νέφους ἐκπνεύσας μέγας χειμών Aj. 1148; ν. ὄμβριον Nu. 288 (lyr.); ν. καὶ ὁμίχλη Ti. 49c; τὸν κίνδυνον παρελθεῖν ὥσπερ ν. 18.188. 2. metaph. (cf. νεφέλη I.2), θανάτου δὲ μέλαν ν. ἀμφεκάλυψεν Il. 16.350, cf. Od. 4.180, 12.64; λάθας ν. O. 7.45; σκότου ν., of blindness, OT 1314 (lyr.); ν. οἰμωγῆς, στεναγμῶν, Med. 107 (anap.), HF 1140; ὀφρύων ν. a cloud upon the brow, Hipp. 172 (anap.); ὑπὸ τοῦ μετώπου οἷον ν. ἐπανεστηκός Phgn. 809b22; διασκεδᾶτε τὸ προσὸν νῦν ν. ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου 58. II. metaph., also, a cloud of men, etc., ν. πεζῶν, Τρώων, Il. 4.274, 16.66; ψαρῶν, κολοιῶν, 17.755; ν. τοσοῦτον ἀνθρώπων 8.109; πενεστάων ν. Timo 39; μαρτύρων Ep.Hebr. 12.1; πολέμοιο ν. the cloud of battle, thick of the fight, Il. 17.243, cf. Pax 1090: applied by N. 10.9 to a single hero: used by Prose writers for poet. νεφέλη (q. v.). (Cf. Skt. nábhas ‘fog’, ‘cloud’, Slav. nebo ‘heaven’, Lat. nebula.)
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