νύννιον
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English (LSJ)
τό, and νύννιος, ὁ, lullaby, Hsch.
Greek Monolingual
νύννιον, τὸ, και νύννιος, ὁ (Α)
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) «ἐπι τοῖς παιδίοις τοῖς καταβαυκαλουμένοις φασὶ λέγεσθαι».
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Πρόκειται για τ. που οφείλεται σε ονοματοποιία, όπως και τα νεοελλ. ναναρίζω, νανουρίζω].
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: ἐπὶ τοῖς παιδίοις καταβαυκαλούμενόν φασι λέγεσθαι ὁμοίως καὶ τὸ νύννιος H.
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Onomatopoetic Lallwort, cf. NGr. νανναρίζω, ναννουρίζω I rock asleep and Oehl IF 57, 19. DELG's comm. is unclear to me; it refers to νίννιον
Frisk Etymology German
νύννιον: {núnnion}
Meaning: ἐπὶ τοῖς παιδίοις καταβαυκαλούμενόν φασι λέγεσθαι· ὁμοίως καὶ τὸ νύννιος H.
Etymology: Onomatopoetisches Lallwort, vgl. ngr. νανναρίζω, ναννουρίζω ich lulle in Schlaf und Oehl IF 57, 19.
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Translations
lullaby
Afrikaans: slaapliedjie, wiegeliedjie; Albanian: nina-nanë; Arabic: تَهْوِيدَة; Armenian: օրոր, օրորոցային; Assamese: নিচুকনি গীত; Azerbaijani: layla, laylay; Bashkir: сәңгелдәк йыры, бишек йыры; Basque: lo-kanta, sehaska-kanta; Belarusian: калыханка; Bikol Central: lúlay, layláy; Breton: luskellerez; Bulgarian: приспивна песен; Burmese: ကျူးသောသီးချင်း; Buryat: үлгын дуун; Catalan: cançó de bressol, vou-verivou; Chinese Cantonese: 催眠曲, 搖籃曲, 摇篮曲; Hokkien: 育囡仔歌, 育囝歌; Mandarin: 催眠曲, 搖籃曲, 摇篮曲; Czech: ukolébavka; Danish: godnatsang; Dutch: slaapliedje, wiegeliedje, wiegelied; Esperanto: lulkanto; Estonian: hällilaul, unelaul; Finnish: tuutulaulu; French: berceuse; Galician: nana, arrolo; Georgian: იავნანა; German: Schlaflied, Wiegenlied; Greek: νανούρισμα; Ancient Greek: βαυκάλημα, βαυκάλησις, καταβαυκάλησις, μελῳδία, νύννιον, νύννιος; Hebrew: שִׁיר עֶרֶשׂ; Hindi: लोरी; Hungarian: altatódal, bölcsődal; Icelandic: vögguvísa; Ido: bersokanto; Indonesian: nina-bobok; Irish: suantraí; Italian: ninna nanna; Japanese: 子守歌, ララバイ; Kalmyk: өлгән дун; Kazakh: бесік жыры; Khmer: ទំនុកបំពេរ; Korean: 자장가, 자장노래; Lao: ເພງກ່ອມເດັກ; Latin: lallus; Latvian: šūpļa dziesma; Lithuanian: lopšinė; Macedonian: приспивна песна; Malay: dondang, nyannyan pengulit, nina-bobok; Manx: arrane cadlee; Maori: taiapo, pōpō, ngāoriori, oriori; Marathi: अंगाईगीत; Mongolian: бүүвэйн дуу; Norman: bèrcheuse; Norwegian Bokmål: vuggesang; Persian: لالایی; Plautdietsch: Wieejeleet; Polish: kołysanka; Portuguese: canção de embalar, canção de ninar; Romanian: cântec de leagăn; Russian: колыбельная); Scottish Gaelic: òran tàlaidh; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: успаванка, уљуљка, уколевка; Roman: uspavanka, uljuljka, ukolevka; Sicilian: avò,, ninna-nanna,; Slovak: uspávanka; Slovene: uspavanka; Spanish: canción de cuna, nana, canto de cuna, arrullo; Swedish: vaggvisa, vaggsång; Tagalog: oyayi, lulay; Tamil: தாலாட்டு; Telugu: జోలపాట, లాలిపాట; Thai: เพลงกล่อมเด็ก; Turkish: ninni; Turkmen: hüvdi, laý; Ukrainian: колискова; Uzbek: alla; Vietnamese: bài hát ru; Volapük: klädömakanit, klädömalid; Walloon: hosseuse; Welsh: hwiangerdd, suo-gân; Yiddish: וויגליד