νήπιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛ̌ː.pi.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.pi.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.pi.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.pi.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.pi.os/

Adjective

νήπῐος • (nḗpios) m (feminine νηπῐ́ᾱ, neuter νήπῐον); first/second declension

childish, infantile, juvenile, young
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.440
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.136
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 1399
- 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 755
- 430 BCE, Euripides, Herakles' Children 956
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1340B.30
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1105A.2
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 4.20.8
- New Testament, Epistle to the Galatians 4:1
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 6.1.4
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 17.826
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 4.1
1. (of animals)
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.311
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.113
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 17.134
  - 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 8.1.7
2. (of the understanding) childish, untaught, silly
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 13.237
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.46
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 9.44
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 22.445
  - 490 BCE – 430 BCE, Empedocles, Collected Works 11.1
  - 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 3.82
  - 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 443
  - 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Democritus, Collected Works 76
  - 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 145
  - 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 652
  - 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Fragments 157
  - 431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 891
  - 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 105
3. (of bodily strength)
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.561

Inflection

First and second declension of νήπῐος; νηπῐ́ᾱ; νήπῐον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	νήπῐος nḗpios	νηπῐ́ᾱ nēpíā	νήπῐον nḗpion	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νηπῐ́ᾱ nēpíā	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νήπῐοι nḗpioi	νήπῐαι nḗpiai	νήπῐᾰ nḗpia
Genitive	νηπῐ́ου nēpíou	νηπῐ́ᾱς nēpíās	νηπῐ́ου nēpíou	νηπῐ́οιν nēpíoin	νηπῐ́αιν nēpíain	νηπῐ́οιν nēpíoin	νηπῐ́ων nēpíōn	νηπῐ́ων nēpíōn	νηπῐ́ων nēpíōn
Dative	νηπῐ́ῳ nēpíōi	νηπῐ́ᾳ nēpíāi	νηπῐ́ῳ nēpíōi	νηπῐ́οιν nēpíoin	νηπῐ́αιν nēpíain	νηπῐ́οιν nēpíoin	νηπῐ́οις nēpíois	νηπῐ́αις nēpíais	νηπῐ́οις nēpíois
Accusative	νήπῐον nḗpion	νηπῐ́ᾱν nēpíān	νήπῐον nḗpion	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νηπῐ́ᾱ nēpíā	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νηπῐ́ους nēpíous	νηπῐ́ᾱς nēpíās	νήπῐᾰ nḗpia
Vocative	νήπῐε nḗpie	νηπῐ́ᾱ nēpíā	νήπῐον nḗpion	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νηπῐ́ᾱ nēpíā	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νήπῐοι nḗpioi	νήπῐαι nḗpiai	νήπῐᾰ nḗpia
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	νηπῐ́ως nēpíōs			νηπῐώτερος nēpiṓteros			νηπῐώτᾰτος nēpiṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of νήπῐος; νηπῐ́η; νήπῐον (Ionic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	νήπῐος nḗpios	νηπῐ́η nēpíē	νήπῐον nḗpion	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νηπῐ́ᾱ nēpíā	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νήπῐοι nḗpioi	νήπῐαι nḗpiai	νήπῐᾰ nḗpia
Genitive	νηπῐ́ου nēpíou	νηπῐ́ης nēpíēs	νηπῐ́ου nēpíou	νηπῐ́οιν nēpíoin	νηπῐ́αιν nēpíain	νηπῐ́οιν nēpíoin	νηπῐ́ων nēpíōn	νηπῐέων / νηπῐῶν nēpiéōn / nēpiôn	νηπῐ́ων nēpíōn
Dative	νηπῐ́ῳ nēpíōi	νηπῐ́ῃ nēpíēi	νηπῐ́ῳ nēpíōi	νηπῐ́οιν nēpíoin	νηπῐ́αιν nēpíain	νηπῐ́οιν nēpíoin	νηπῐ́οις nēpíois	νηπῐ́αις nēpíais	νηπῐ́οις nēpíois
Accusative	νήπῐον nḗpion	νηπῐ́ην nēpíēn	νήπῐον nḗpion	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νηπῐ́ᾱ nēpíā	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νηπῐ́ους nēpíous	νηπῐ́ᾱς nēpíās	νήπῐᾰ nḗpia
Vocative	νήπῐε nḗpie	νηπῐ́η nēpíē	νήπῐον nḗpion	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νηπῐ́ᾱ nēpíā	νηπῐ́ω nēpíō	νήπῐοι nḗpioi	νήπῐαι nḗpiai	νήπῐᾰ nḗpia
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	νηπῐ́ως nēpíōs			νηπῐώτερος nēpiṓteros			νηπῐώτᾰτος nēpiṓtatos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

νήπιος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
νήπιος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
νήπιος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
νήπιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
νήπιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
νήπιος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G3516 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- babe idem, page 57.
- child idem, page 129.
- childish idem, page 130.
- infant idem, page 437.
- infantile idem, page 437.
- little idem, page 495.
- puerile idem, page 656.
- young idem, page 997.

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