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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νίφα (nípha, “snow”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ni.pʰás/ → /niˈɸas/ → /niˈfas/
Noun
νῐφᾰ́ς • (niphás) f (genitive νῐφᾰ́δος); third declension
- (mostly in the plural) snowflake
- (collectively) snowstorm
- (in general) shower, sleet
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “νιφάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νιφάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νιφάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νιφάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νιφάς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963