Νηπιέη
childhood, childishness
Translated by Tony Natoli24 Jul 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νηπιέη· ἀφροσύνη. κτητικὸν τοῦτο τοῦ νήπιος.
Betacode
*nhpie/h: a)frosu/nh. kthtiko\n tou=to tou= nh/pios.
Notes (2)
- 1LSJ entry for the headword at web address 1. ↩
- 2Literally 'an acquired [formation:
tu/pon ] fromnh/pios ' (nu 325). The Suda entry reflects Etymologicum Magnum 604.26 -- commenting onnhpie/h| a)legeinh|= at Homer, Iliad 9.491 (web address 2) -- where the origin of the wordnhpie/h is explained as a formation from the feminine of the possessive adjectivenhpi/eios [i.e.nhpiei/h ] by dropping the latter iota. See also nu 323.
See also Chantraine, who does not comment on the derivation of the word given in the Etym. Magn., but emphasizes the metrical considerations and accounts for the form by analogy withh)nore/h . ↩
References
P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (Paris: 1968) v.2 p. 751 s.v. nh/pios
P. Chantraine, Grammaire homérique 5th ed. (Paris:1973) v.1 p.83
P. Chantraine, Grammaire homérique 5th ed. (Paris:1973) v.1 p.83
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ν322Νήπειον φρόνημα Νηπίαchildish mind, childish pride, childish thinkingBut nhpi/a ["childhood"] [is] a time of life.
- ν325Νήπιοςfool, foolish[Meaning] witless, mindless. "Philip of Macedon deprived many of life and later included their sons as well, quoting this verse, 'He is a fool who when he has killed the father spares the sons'." "Fools! They do not…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 6 Nov 2020
- coding, cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- added x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- restored the translator's note as revised — Catharine Roth
- modified note, added links and reference — Catharine Roth
- Translated — Tony Natoli