Νήϊδα
unknowing
Translated by Catharine Roth22 Aug 2009Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νήϊδα· ἄπειρον, ἀμαθῆ, ἀσθενῆ. Νηΐδες δὲ νύμφαι.
Betacode
*nh/i+da: a)/peiron, a)maqh=, a)sqenh=. *nhi/+des de\ nu/mfai.
Notes (3)
- 1The headword is an adjective, from the negative prefix *ne and the root wid- "know", here in the feminine accusative singular. Same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius nu180 Theodoridis), and cf. also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 7.198, where it occurs (web address 1). See also nu 306. ↩
- 2From the prefix *ne- and
i)/s (*wis) "strength" (iota 603). ↩ - 3Naiad
*nai+a/s , Ionic*nhi+a/s , also*nai+/s and*nhi+/s ; fromna/w "flow." See also nu 306, nu 14. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ν14ΝαΐδεςNaiads[Meaning] springs; or Nymphs who dwell by the streams.
- ν306Νῆϊςunknowing; Naiad[Meaning] not knowing, inexperienced. But some [sc. see in this word] the Neis [= Naiad] nymph, [a name] deriving from namata ["pools"], and the Nile. And [sc. they say that] in Samos wild animals existed, and when they…
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