νεφέλιον
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ne.pʰé.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /neˈpʰe.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /neˈɸe.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /neˈfe.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /neˈfe.li.on/
Noun edit
νεφέλῐον • (nephélion) n (genitive νεφελῐ́ου); second declension
- (astronomy) nebula
- cloud in urine
- (pathology) cloud-like opacity on the eye
- white speck on the nails
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ νεφέλῐον tò nephélion |
τὼ νεφελῐ́ω tṑ nephelíō |
τᾰ̀ νεφέλῐᾰ tà nephélia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νεφελῐ́ου toû nephelíou |
τοῖν νεφελῐ́οιν toîn nephelíoin |
τῶν νεφελῐ́ων tôn nephelíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νεφελῐ́ῳ tôi nephelíōi |
τοῖν νεφελῐ́οιν toîn nephelíoin |
τοῖς νεφελῐ́οις toîs nephelíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ νεφέλῐον tò nephélion |
τὼ νεφελῐ́ω tṑ nephelíō |
τᾰ̀ νεφέλῐᾰ tà nephélia | ||||||||||
Vocative | νεφέλῐον nephélion |
νεφελῐ́ω nephelíō |
νεφέλῐᾰ nephélia | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “νεφέλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νεφέλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette