νήπιος
nepios
infant, child
Appears 71 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νήπιος, α ( 1.7, al.), Ion. η, ον, also ος, ον 638:—A. infant, child, freq. in , νήπιον, οὔ πω εἰδόθʼ ὁμοιίου πολέμοιο Il. 9.440; νήπια τέκνα 2.136, etc.; βρέφος ἔτʼ ὄντα ν. Ion 1399, cf. Andr. 755, etc.; νηπίους ἔτι Heracl. 956; τὸ ν. Ax. 366d; ἁρμόττουσα τοῖς ν. [πλαταγή] Pol. 1340b30; ἐκ νηπίου from a child, from infancy, [τὸ ἡδὺ] ἐκ ν. ἡμῖν συντέθραπται EN 1105a2; ἐκ νηπίων 4.20.8; ἐκ ν. ἡλικίας PFlor. 36.5 (iv A.D.); infant in law, minor, ἐφʼ ὅσον ὁ κληρονόμος ν. ἐστιν Ep.Gal. 4.1; of children up to puberty, αἱ τῶν ν. ἐκλάμψιες Epid. 6.1.4 (cf. ap. 17(1).826); but of the foetus in its early stage, Aph. 4.1 (cf. 17(1).653). 2. less freq. of animals, Il. 2.311, 11.113; νήπια alone, the young of an animal, 17.134. 3. of plants, HP 8.1.7. 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. 79, cf. 11.1, P. 3.82, Pr. 443, 76, etc.; ν. ὃς . . γονέων ἐπιλάθεται El. 145 (lyr.); οὔτε πρὶν νήπιον, νῦν τʼ . . μέγαν no child before and now full-grown (i.e. in mind), OT 652 (lyr.); of words, νήπια βάζεις Fr. 157; ἀντιτείνειν νήπιʼ ἀντὶ νηπίων Med. 891; μηδὲν εἴπῃς ν. Nu. 105. 2. of bodily strength, like that of a child, βίη δέ τε ν. αὐτῶν Il. 11.561.
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