νήπῐος, α
[[(2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.7, +others)] Refs 2nd c.AD+], Ionic dialect η, ον, also ος, ον [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 638] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— infant, child, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, νήπιον, οὔ πω εἰδόθ᾽ ὁμοιίου πολέμοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.440; νήπια τέκνα 2.136, etc.; βρέφος ἔτ᾽ ὄντα ν. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1399, compare “Andr.” 755, etc.; νηπίους ἔτι [prev. author] “Heracl.” 956; τὸ ν. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 366d; ἁρμόττουσα τοῖς ν. [πλαταγή] 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1340b30 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκ νηπίου from a child, from infancy, [τὸ ἡδὺ] ἐκ ν. ἡμῖν συντέθραπται [[ [prev. author] “EN” 1105a2; ἐκ νηπίων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.20.8; ἐκ ν. ἡλικίας “PFlor.” 36.5 (4th c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; infant in law, minor, ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ὁ κληρονόμος ν. ἐστιν [[ NT.Gal.4.1 ] NT]; of children up to puberty, αἱ τῶν ν. ἐκλάμψιες [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.1.4 (compare 3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).826)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but of the foetus in its early stage, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.1 (compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).653). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 less frequently of animals, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.311, 11.113 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; νήπια alone, the young of an animal, [[ 17.134. ] Refs]
__3 of plants, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.1.7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically,