νείφω
οὐκ ἐπιλογιζόμενος ὅτι ἅμα μὲν ὀδύρῃ τὴν ἀναισθησίαν, ἅμα δὲ ἀλγεῖς ἐπὶ σήψεσι καὶ στερήσει τῶν ἡδέων, ὥσπερ εἰς ἕτερον ζῆν ἀποθανούμενος, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ εἰς παντελῆ μεταβαλῶν ἀναισθησίαν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν τῇ πρὸ τῆς γενέσεως → you do not consider that you are at one and the same time lamenting your want of sensation, and pained at the idea of your rotting away, and of being deprived of what is pleasant, as if you are to die and live in another state, and not to pass into insensibility complete, and the same as that before you were born
English (LSJ)
fut. νείψω Epic. ap. Plu.2.949b: aor. ἔνειψα (κατ-) Ar.Ach. 138:—Pass. (v. infr.), aor. ἐνείφθην (κατ-) D.H.12.8:—
A snow, sts. person., ὅτε ὤρετο Ζεὺς νειφέμεν (Ep. inf.) Il.12.280; ὅταν νείφῃ ὁ θεός X.Cyn.8.1; ἔνειφεν ὁ Ζεύς Babr.45; imper. νεῖφε (sc. Ζεῦ) AP 5.63 (Asclep.); ὁπόταν σχολάζῃς, νεῖψον Pherecr.20: metaph., χρυσῷ νείφων falling in a shower of gold, Pi.I.7(6).5. 2 impers., νείφει it snows, Ar.Ach.1141, cf. V.773; νειφέτω ἀλφίτοις let it snow with barley-meal, Nicopho 13. 3 Med. = Act., νιφάδος νειφομένας when the snow is falling, A.Th.213 (lyr.); also ὑρίχους νειφομένους σύκων ὁμοῦ τε μύρτων Ar.Fr.569.5. 4 Pass., to be snowed on, Hdt.4.31, Ar.Ach.1075, X.HG2.4.3, Plb.16.12.3; χιόνι πολλῇ νείφεται D.S.5.25: metaph., πολιῷ γήραϊ νειφόμενος AP6.198 (Antip. Thess.); Παναθηναίοισιν ἐλαίουνειφόμενον δώροις Inscr.Cos58.10. II rain, Nonn.D.22.283:—Pass., to be rained on, τῶν ὑπὲρ Μέμφιν μηδὲ νειφομένων παράπαν Ph.2.99. III trans., θεὸς ν. τροφὰς ἀπ' οὐρανοῦ Id.1.617:—Pass., τὸ νειφόμενον, i.e. manna, Id.2.114. [νίφω, ἔνιψα, etc. (μακρὰ ἡ πρώτη συλλαβή Phot.) freq. in codd., but the true early spelling is νείφω, ἔνειψα, etc., Inscr.Cosl.c., Hdn.Gr.2.430, 554, sts. in codd., as Nicophol. c.; νιφ- is correct in derivs., which have short ι.] (I.-E. sneig[uglide]h- and sn[icaron]g[uglide]h-, cf. Lat. nix, nivis, ninguit, Lith. sni[etilde]ga 'it snows', Goth. snaiws 'snow', etc.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 237] spätere Form für νίφω, vgl. Schol. Il. 1, 420 u. Iac. A. P. p. 67.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νείφω: ἧττον ὀρθὸς τύπος τοῦ νίφω, ὃ ἴδε.
English (Autenrieth)
see νίφω.
English (Slater)
νείφω
1 snow met. χρυσῷ μεσονύκτιον νείφοντα δεξαμένα τὸν φέρτατον θεῶν (Schr.: νίφοντα codd.: ἰδίως λέγει τὸν Δία ὗσαι χρυσόν, ἡνίκ' ἐμίγνυτο Ἀλκμήνῃ Σ.) (I. 7.5)
