νήπιος

English (LSJ)

α (Sor.1.7, al.), Ion. η, ον, also ος, ον Lyc.638:—

   A infant, child, freq. in Hom., νήπιον, οὔ πω εἰδόθ' ὁμοιίου πολέμοιο Il.9.440; νήπια τέκνα 2.136, etc.; βρέφος ἔτ' ὄντα ν. E.Ion1399, cf. Andr.755, etc.; νηπίους ἔτι Id.Heracl.956; τὸ ν. Pl.Ax.366d; ἁρμόττουσα τοῖς ν. [πλαταγή] Arist.Pol.1340b30; ἐκ νηπίου from a child, from infancy, [τὸ ἡδὺ] ἐκ ν. ἡμῖν συντέθραπται Id.EN1105a2; ἐκ νηπίων Plb.4.20.8; ἐκ ν. ἡλικίας PFlor.36.5 (iv A.D.); infant in law, minor, ἐφ' ὅσον ὁ κληρονόμος ν. ἐστιν Ep.Gal.4.1; of children up to puberty, αἱ τῶν ν. ἐκλάμψιες Hp.Epid.6.1.4 (cf. Herophil. ap. Gal.17(1).826); but of the foetus in its early stage, Hp.Aph.4.1 (cf. Gal.17(1).653).    2 less freq. of animals, Il.2.311, 11.113; νήπια alone, the young of an animal, 17.134.    3 of plants, Thphr.HP8.1.7.    II metaph.,    1 of the understanding, childish, silly, Od.13.237; μέγα ν. Il.16.46, cf. Od.9.44; simply, without foresight, blind, Il.22.445; ἀνὴρ ν. Heraclit.79, cf. Emp.11.1, Pi.P.3.82, A.Pr.443, Democr.76, etc.; ν. ὃς . . γονέων ἐπιλάθεται S.El.145 (lyr.); οὔτε πρὶν νήπιον, νῦν τ' . . μέγαν no child before and now full-grown (i.e. in mind), Id.OT 652 (lyr.); of words, νήπια βάζεις Pi.Fr.157; ἀντιτείνειν νήπι' ἀντὶ νηπίων E.Med.891; μηδὲν εἴπῃς ν. Ar.Nu.105.    2 of bodily strength, like that of a child, βίη δέ τε ν. αὐτῶν Il.11.561.