νηπιέη
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
ἡ, Ep. form for *νηπιίη, (νήπιος)
A childhood, childishness, οἴνου ἀποβλύζων ἐν νηπιέῃ ἀλεγεινῇ Il.9.491: in pl., οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ νηπιάας (for Νηπιίας) ὀχέειν Od.1.297; ἐπεὶ . . ποιήσῃ ἀθύρματα νηπιέῃσιν in childish fashion, Il.15.363; ἡγήσατο νηπιέῃσι led them in his folly, Od.24.469.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νηπιέη: ἴδε νηπιάα.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
1 bas âge, première enfance;
2 puérilité, enfantillage.
Étymologie: νήπιος.
English (Autenrieth)
(νήπιος), acc. pl. νηπιάᾶς: infancy, childhood, helplessness of childhood, Il. 9.491; pl., childish thoughts.
