νήπιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α (<span class="bibl">Sor.1.7</span>, al.), Ion. η, ον, also ος, ον Lyc.638:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[infant]], [[child]], freq. in Hom., [[νήπιον]], οὔ πω εἰδόθ' ὁμοιίου πολέμοιο <span class="bibl">Il.9.440</span>; νήπια τέκνα <span class="bibl">2.136</span>, etc.; βρέφος ἔτ' ὄντα ν. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1399</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span>755</span>, etc.; νηπίους ἔτι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>956</span>; τὸ ν. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>366d</span>; ἁρμόττουσα τοῖς ν. [πλαταγή] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1340b30</span>; [[ἐκ νηπίου]] = from a [[child]], from [[infancy]], [τὸ ἡδὺ] ἐκ ν. ἡμῖν συντέθραπται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1105a2</span>; ἐκ νηπίων <span class="bibl">Plb.4.20.8</span>; ἐκ ν. ἡλικίας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>36.5</span> (iv A.D.); [[infant]] in law, [[minor]], ἐφ' ὅσον ὁ κληρονόμος ν. ἐστιν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Gal.</span>4.1</span>; of [[children]] up to [[puberty]], αἱ τῶν ν. ἐκλάμψιες <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>6.1.4</span> (cf. Herophil. ap. Gal.17(1).826); but of the [[foetus]] in its early [[stage]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>4.1</span> (cf. Gal.17(1).653). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> less freq. of animals, <span class="bibl">Il.2.311</span>, <span class="bibl">11.113</span>; [[νήπια]] alone, the [[young]] of an [[animal]], <span class="bibl">17.134</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of plants, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.1.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of the understanding, [[childish]], [[silly]], <span class="bibl">Od.13.237</span>; μέγα ν. <span class="bibl">Il.16.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.9.44</span>; simply, [[without foresight]], [[blind]], <span class="bibl">Il.22.445</span>; ἀνὴρ ν. <span class="bibl">Heraclit.79</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Emp.11.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.82</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>443</span>, <span class="bibl">Democr.76</span>, etc.; ν. ὃς… γονέων ἐπιλάθεται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>145</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">οὔτε πρὶν νήπιον, νῦν τ'… μέγαν</b> no [[child]] [[before]] and now [[full-grown]] (i.e. in mind), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span> 652</span> (lyr.); of words, νήπια βάζεις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>157</span>; ἀντιτείνειν νήπι' ἀντὶ νηπίων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>891</span>; μηδὲν εἴπῃς ν. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>105</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of bodily strength, [[like that of a child]], βίη δέ τε ν. αὐτῶν <span class="bibl">Il.11.561</span>.</span>