νεφέλη
See also: Νεφέλη
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ-el-h₂ (“cloud”). Related to νέφος (néphos, “cloud”), Latin nebula (“fog, cloud”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ne.pʰé.lɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /neˈpʰe.le̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /neˈɸe.li/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /neˈfe.li/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /neˈfe.li/
Noun
editνεφέλη • (nephélē) f (genitive νεφέλης); first declension
- cloud, mass of clouds
- cloud in urine
- cloud on a mirror
- (in the plural) fine bird-net
- (alchemy) sublimate
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ νεφέλη hē nephélē |
τὼ νεφέλᾱ tṑ nephélā |
αἱ νεφέλαι hai nephélai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς νεφέλης tês nephélēs |
τοῖν νεφέλαιν toîn nephélain |
τῶν νεφελῶν tôn nephelôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ νεφέλῃ têi nephélēi |
τοῖν νεφέλαιν toîn nephélain |
ταῖς νεφέλαις taîs nephélais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν νεφέλην tḕn nephélēn |
τὼ νεφέλᾱ tṑ nephélā |
τᾱ̀ς νεφέλᾱς tā̀s nephélās | ||||||||||
Vocative | νεφέλη nephélē |
νεφέλᾱ nephélā |
νεφέλαι nephélai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἐπινέφελος (epinéphelos)
- νεφεληγερής (nephelēgerḗs)
- νεφεληδόν (nephelēdón)
- νεφελίζω (nephelízō)
- νεφέλιον (nephélion)
- νεφελοειδής (nepheloeidḗs)
- νεφελοκένταυρος (nephelokéntauros)
- νεφελοκοκκυγία (nephelokokkugía)
- νεφελομιγής (nephelomigḗs)
- νεφελόομαι (nephelóomai)
- νεφελοστάσια (nephelostásia)
- νεφελοφόρος (nephelophóros)
- νεφελώδης (nephelṓdēs)
- νεφελωτός (nephelōtós)
- ὑπερνέφελος (hupernéphelos)
Descendants
edit- Greek: νεφέλη (neféli)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νεφέλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1012
Further reading
edit- “νεφέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νεφέλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νεφέλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νεφέλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- νεφέλη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3507 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- νεφέλη in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editνεφέλη • (neféli) f (plural νεφέλες)
Declension
editDeclension of νεφέλη
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- Νεφέλη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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