νηλεής

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

νη- (nē-, negative prefix) +‎ ἔλεος (éleos, mercy, pity)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

νηλεής (nēleḗsm or f (neuter νηλεές); third declension

  1. merciless, pitiless
  2. unpitied

Declension

Further reading

  • νηλεής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • νηλεής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • νηλεής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.