νέφος

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Στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → No one loves the bearer of bad news

Sophocles, Antigone, 277
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Transliteration A: néphos Transliteration B: nephos Transliteration C: nefos Beta Code: ne/fos

English (LSJ)

εος, τό,

   A cloud, mass of clouds, Il.4.275, al.; σμικροῦ νέφους ἐκπνεύσας μέγας χειμών S.Aj.1148; ν. ὄμβριον Ar.Nu.288 (lyr.); ν. καὶ ὁμίχλη Pl.Ti.49c; τὸν κίνδυνον παρελθεῖν ὥσπερ ν. D.18.188.    2 metaph. (cf. νεφέλη 1.2), θανάτου δὲ μέλαν ν. ἀμφεκάλυψεν Il.16.350, cf. Od.4.180, B.12.64; λάθας ν. Pi.O.7.45; σκότου ν., of blindness, S.OT1314 (lyr.); ν. οἰμωγῆς, στεναγμῶν, E.Med.107 (anap.), HF 1140; ὀφρύων ν. a cloud upon the brow, Id.Hipp.172 (anap.); ὑπὸ τοῦ μετώπου οἷον ν. ἐπανεστηκός Arist.Phgn.809b22; διασκεδᾶτε τὸ προσὸν νῦν ν. ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου Anaxandr.58.    II metaph., also, a cloud of men, etc., ν. πεζῶν, Τρώων, Il.4.274, 16.66; ψαρῶν, κολοιῶν, 17.755; ν. τοσοῦτον ἀνθρώπων Hdt.8.109; πενεστάων ν. Timo 39; μαρτύρων Ep.Hebr.12.1; πολέμοιο ν. the cloud of battle, thick of the fight, Il.17.243, cf.Ar.Pax1090: applied by Pi.N.10.9 to a single hero: used by Prose writers for poet. νεφέλη (q. v.). (Cf. Skt. nábhas 'fog', 'cloud', Slav. nebo 'heaven', Lat. nebula.)