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Χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him

Euripides, Alcestis, 109-11
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Full diacritics: νίφα Medium diacritics: νίφα Low diacritics: νίφα Capitals: ΝΙΦΑ
Transliteration A: nípha Transliteration B: nipha Transliteration C: nifa Beta Code: ni/fa

English (LSJ)

[ῐ], τήν,

   A snow, acc. from nom. νίψ, which is not found (cf. λίβα, λίπα), Hes.Op.535.

German (Pape)

[Seite 257] unregelmäßiger acc. sing. zu νιφάς, Schnee, wie von einem nom. νιψ Hes. O. 537.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νίφα: [ῐ], τήν, χιόνα, αἰτ. σχηματισθεῖσα ἐξ ὀνομ. νίψ, ἥτις δὲν εὑρίσκεται (πρβλ. λίβα, λίπα), Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 533.

French (Bailly abrégé)

v. *νίψ.

Greek Monolingual

νίφα, τήν (Α)
(ποιητ. αιτ. του νιψ) τήν χιόνα («ἀλευόμενοι νίφα λευκήν», Ησίοδ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μηδενισμένη βαθμίδα νιφ- του ρ. νείφει «χιονίζει»].

Greek Monotonic

νίφα: [ῐ], τήν, χιόνι, αιτ. από ονομ. νίψ, που δεν απαντά, σε Ησίοδ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

νίφα: (ῐ) acc. к *νίψ.

Middle Liddell


snow, acc. formed from a nom. νίψ, which is not found, Hes.