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νηλής

νηλής, pitiless, ruthless

νηλής, ές, Ep. neut. νηλεές; Ep. also νηλειής, ές, Hes. Th. 770, h.Ven. 245, A.R. 4.476: (νη-, ἔλεος):—poet. Adj. (in Prose sts. ἀνηλεής, q.v.)
  • pitiless, ruthless, Il. 9.632; νηλέϊ χαλκῷ with ruthless blade, 3.292, al.; νηλέϊ δεσμῷ 10.443; ν. θυμὸν ἔχοντες a resolute or dogged spirit, 19.229; νηλέϊ ὕπνῳ relentless sleep, which has exposed the sleeper to ill, Od. 12.372; ν. ἦμαρ, i.e. the day of death, Il. 11.484, Od. 9.17, etc.; ν. ἦτορ Il. 9.497; νηλέα νόον Φάλαριν Pi. P. 1.95; νηλεεῖ νόῳ Id. Fr. 177; ν. σὺ καὶ θράσους πλέως A. Pr. 42; ν . . . ὅστις ἱκτῆρας ἐκθύει E. Cyc. 369 (lyr.). Adv. -εῶς A. Pr. 242; Ep. -ειῶς A.R. 2.626, IG 5(1).733 (Sparta).
    • II Pass., unpitied, ἔκειτο νηλεὲς . . σῶμα S. Ant. 1197; νηλέα δὲ γένεθλα . . κεῖται Id. OT 180 (lyr.).

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