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|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[cloud]], [[mass of clouds]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.275</span>, al.; σμικροῦ νέφους ἐκπνεύσας μέγας χειμών <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1148</span>; ν. ὄμβριον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>288</span> (lyr.); ν. καὶ ὁμίχλη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>49c</span>; τὸν κίνδυνον παρελθεῖν ὥσπερ ν. <span class="bibl">D.18.188</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph. (cf. νεφέλη <span class="bibl">1.2</span>), θανάτου δὲ μέλαν ν. ἀμφεκάλυψεν <span class="bibl">Il.16.350</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.4.180</span>, <span class="bibl">B.12.64</span>; λάθας ν. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.45</span>; <b class="b3">σκότου ν</b>., of blindness, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1314</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ν. οἰμωγῆς, στεναγμῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>107</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span> 1140</span>; <b class="b3">ὀφρύων ν</b>. [[a cloud upon]] the brow, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>172</span> (anap.); ὑπὸ τοῦ μετώπου οἷον ν. ἐπανεστηκός <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>809b22</span>; διασκεδᾶτε τὸ προσὸν νῦν ν. ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.58</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., also, [[a cloud of men]], etc., <b class="b3">ν. πεζῶν, Τρώων</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.274</span>, <span class="bibl">16.66</span>; <b class="b3">ψαρῶν, κολοιῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">17.755</span>; ν. τοσοῦτον ἀνθρώπων <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.109</span>; <b class="b3">πενεστάων ν</b>. Timo <span class="bibl">39</span>; μαρτύρων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Hebr.</span>12.1</span>; <b class="b3">πολέμοιο ν</b>. [[the cloud]] of battle, [[thick]] of the fight, <span class="bibl">Il.17.243</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1090</span>: applied by <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.9</span> to a single hero: used by Prose writers for poet. [[νεφέλη]] (q. v.). (Cf. Skt. [[nábhas]] 'fog', 'cloud', Slav. [[nebo]] 'heaven', Lat. [[nebula]].) </span>