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νέφος

νέφος, a cloud, mass

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νέφεϊ Noun: neuter dative singular of νέφος

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νέφος, εος, τό,
  • cloud, mass of clouds, Il. 4.275, al.; σμικροῦ νέφους ἐκπνεύσας μέγας χειμών S. Aj. 1148; ν. ὄμβριον Ar. Nu. 288 (lyr.); ν. καὶ ὁμίχλη Pl. Ti. 49c; τὸν κίνδυνον παρελθεῖν ὥσπερ ν. D. 18.188.
      • 2 metaph. (cf. νεφέλη I.2), θανάτου δὲ μέλαν ν. ἀμφεκάλυψεν Il. 16.350, cf. Od. 4.180, B. 12.64; λάθας ν. Pi. O. 7.45; σκότου ν., of blindness, S. OT 1314 (lyr.); ν. οἰμωγῆς, στεναγμῶν, E. Med. 107 (anap.), HF 1140; ὀφρύων ν. a cloud upon the brow, Id. Hipp. 172 (anap.); ὑπὸ τοῦ μετώπου οἷον ν. ἐπανεστηκός Arist. Phgn. 809b22; διασκεδᾶτε τὸ προσὸν νῦν ν. ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου Anaxandr. 58.
    • II metaph., also, a cloud of men, etc., ν. πεζῶν, Τρώων, Il. 4.274, 16.66; ψαρῶν, κολοιῶν, 17.755; ν. τοσοῦτον ἀνθρώπων Hdt. 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. Ar. Pax 1090: applied by Pi. 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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