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|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">νείψω</b> Epic. ap. Plu.2.949b: aor. <b class="b3">ἔνειψα</b> (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> 138</span>:—Pass. (v. infr.), aor. <b class="b3">ἐνείφθην</b> (κατ-) <span class="bibl">D.H.12.8</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[snow]], sts. person., <b class="b3">ὅτε ὤρετο Ζεὺς νειφέμεν</b> (Ep. inf.) <span class="bibl">Il.12.280</span>; ὅταν νείφῃ ὁ θεός <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>8.1</span>; ἔνειφεν ὁ Ζεύς <span class="bibl">Babr.45</span>; imper. <b class="b3">νεῖφε</b> (sc. <b class="b3">Ζεῦ</b>) <span class="title">AP</span> 5.63 (Asclep.); ὁπόταν σχολάζῃς, νεῖψον <span class="bibl">Pherecr.20</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">χρυσῷ νείφων</b> [[falling in a shower of]] gold, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>7(6).5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> impers., νείφει [[it snows]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1141</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>773</span>; <b class="b3">νειφέτω ἀλφίτοις</b> <b class="b2">let it snow</b> with barley-meal, <span class="bibl">Nicopho 13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Med. = Act., <b class="b3">νιφάδος νειφομένας</b> when the snow [[is falling]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>213</span> (lyr.); also ὑρίχους νειφομένους σύκων ὁμοῦ τε μύρτων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>569.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Pass., <b class="b2">to be snowed on</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1075</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.16.12.3</span>; χιόνι πολλῇ νείφεται <span class="bibl">D.S.5.25</span>: metaph., πολιῷ γήραϊ νειφόμενος <span class="title">AP</span>6.198 (Antip. Thess.); Παναθηναίοισιν ἐλαίουνειφόμενον δώροις <span class="title">Inscr.Cos</span>58.10. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[rain]], <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>22.283</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be rained on</b>, τῶν ὑπὲρ Μέμφιν μηδὲ νειφομένων παράπαν <span class="bibl">Ph.2.99</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> trans., θεὸς ν. τροφὰς ἀπ' οὐρανοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.1.617</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">τὸ νειφόμενον</b>, i.e. manna, <span class="bibl">Id.2.114</span>. <b class="b3">[νίφω, ἔνιψα</b>, etc. (μακρὰ ἡ πρώτη συλλαβή Phot.) freq. in codd., but the true early spelling is <b class="b3">νείφω, ἔνειψα</b>, etc., <span class="title">Inscr.Cos</span>l.c., Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.430</span>, <span class="bibl">554</span>, sts. in codd., as Nicophol. c.; <b class="b3">νιφ-</b> is correct in derivs., which have short ι.] (I.-E. <b class="b2">sneigu̯h-</b> and <b class="b2">snǐgu̯h-</b>, cf. Lat. [[nix]], [[nivis]], [[ninguit]], Lith. <b class="b2">sni[etilde]ga</b> 'it snows', Goth. [[snaiws]] 'snow', etc.)</span>