infant, child,
νήπῐος,α( Sor. 1.7 , al.), Ion.
η,ον, alsoος,ον
Lyc. 638 :—
A. infant, child,freq. in Hom. , νήπιον, οὔ πω εἰδόθ' ὁμοιίου πολέμοιο
Il. 9.440
; νήπια τέκνα
2.136
, etc.; βρέφος ἔτ' ὄντα ν.
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 νηπίουfroma child,frominfancy,
[τὸ ἡδὺ] ἐκ ν. ἡμῖν συντέθραπται
Id. EN 1105a2
; ἐκ νηπίων
Plb. 4.20.8
; ἐκ ν. ἡλικίας
PFlor. 36.5
(iv A.D.);infantin 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 ).
2. less freq. of animals, Il. 2.311 , 11.113 ;νήπιαalone,the youngof an animal, 17.134 .
3. of plants, Thphr. HP 8.1.7 .
II. metaph.,
1. 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 , A. Pr. 443 , Democr. 76 , etc.; ν. ὃς . . γονέων ἐπιλάθεται
S. El. 145
(lyr.);οὔτε πρὶν νήπιον, νῦν τ' . . μέγανnochildbefore and now full-grown (i.e. in mind), Id. OT 652 (lyr.); of words, νήπια βάζεις
Pi. Fr. 157
; ἀντιτείνειν νήπι' ἀντὶ νηπίων
E. Med. 891
; μηδὲν εἴπῃς ν.
Ar. Nu. 105
.
2. of bodily strength,like that of a child,
βίη δέ τε ν. αὐτῶν
Il. 11.561
.
