νιφόεις

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ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)

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Transliteration A: niphóeis Transliteration B: niphoeis Transliteration C: nifoeis Beta Code: nifo/eis

English (LSJ)

εσσα, εν,

   A snowy, snowclad, Κρήτης ὄρεα νιφόεντα Od.19.338; κατ' Οὐλύμπου ν. Il.18.616; ν. Ὀλύμπου Hes.Th.117; ὤρανος ν. Alc.17; ν. Αἴτνα Pi.P.1.20; Παρνασός S.OT 473 (lyr.); σκόπελος Ar.Nu.273.    II snow-white, Ἑλένη (v.l. σελήνη) Ion Trag.46.