νήπιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=νηπία (Sor.1.7, al.), Ion. [[νηπίη]], νήπιον, also [[νήπιος]], νήπιον Lyc.638:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[infant]], [[child]], freq. in Hom., [[νήπιον]], οὔ πω εἰδόθ' ὁμοιίου πολέμοιο Il.9.440; νήπια τέκνα 2.136, etc.; βρέφος ἔτ' ὄντα ν. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]''1399, 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 νηπίου ἡμῖν συντέθραπται Id.''EN''1105a2; ἐκ νηπίων Plb.4.20.8; ἐκ νηπίου 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).<br><span class="bld">2</span> less freq. of animals, Il.2.311, 11.113; [[νήπια]] alone, the [[young]] of an [[animal]], 17.134.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of plants, Thphr.''HP''8.1.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> 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, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''443, Democr.76, etc.; ν. ὃς… γονέων ἐπιλάθεται S.''El.''145 (lyr.); <b class="b3">οὔτε πρὶν νήπιον, νῦν τ'… μέγαν</b> 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 = [[return]] childishness with [[childishness]] E.''Med.''891; μηδὲν εἴπῃς ν. Ar.''Nu.''105.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[bodily]] [[strength]], [[like that of a child]], βίη δέ τε ν. αὐτῶν Il.11.561.