νῆις
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νῆις: -ιδος, ὁ, ἡ· αἰτ. νήιδα Ἰλ. Η. 198, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Γ. 32, ἀλλὰ νῆιν Καλλ. Ἀποσπ. 111, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Γ. 130· (νη-, ἰδεῖν, εἰδέναι)· - ἀδαής, ἄπειρος, μὴ εἰδώς, οὐ νῆις ἀέθλων Ὀδ. Θ. 179· καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς ἐννοίας ἀπολ., Ἰλ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ.· ναυτιλίης... νῆιν ἔχειν βίον, Καλλ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ., κτλ.· - συγκρ. νηιδέστερος, Ἡσύχ. ΙΙ. (νή, ἴς), ἀδύνατος, ἀσθενής, Σουΐδ., δειλός, Ἡσύχ.
