νέφος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *népʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Cognates include νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), Latin nebula (“fog, cloud”), Proto-Slavic *nebo (“heaven, sky”), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas, “sky”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /né.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈne.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈne.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈne.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈne.fos/
Noun
νέφος • (néphos) n (genitive νέφεος or νέφους); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ νέφος tò néphos |
τὼ νέφει tṑ néphei |
τᾰ̀ νέφη tà néphē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νέφους toû néphous |
τοῖν νεφοῖν toîn nephoîn |
τῶν νεφῶν tôn nephôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νέφει tôi néphei |
τοῖν νεφοῖν toîn nephoîn |
τοῖς νέφεσῐ / νέφεσῐν toîs néphesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ νέφος tò néphos |
τὼ νέφει tṑ néphei |
τᾰ̀ νέφη tà néphē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νέφος néphos |
νέφει néphei |
νέφη néphē | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | νέφος néphos |
νέφει / νέφεε néphei / néphee |
νέφεᾰ néphea | ||||||||||
| Genitive | νέφεος / νέφευς népheos / népheus |
νεφέοιν nephéoin |
νεφέων nephéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | νέφει / νέφεῐ̈ néphei / népheï |
νεφέοιν nephéoin |
νέφεσσῐν / νεφέεσσῐ / νεφέεσσῐν / νέφεσῐ / νέφεσῐν néphessin / nephéessi(n) / néphesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | νέφος néphos |
νέφει / νέφεε néphei / néphee |
νέφεᾰ néphea | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νέφος néphos |
νέφει / νέφεε néphei / néphee |
νέφεᾰ néphea | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- κελαινεφής (kelainephḗs)
Descendants
- Greek: νέφος n (néfos)
- ⇒ Greek: σύννεφο (sýnnefo)
- →⇒ English: nephology, nephoscope
References
- “νέφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νέφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νέφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νέφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- νέφος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “νέφος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3509 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
νέφος • (néfos) n (plural νέφη)
- smog
- Synonym: αιθαλομίχλη (aithalomíchli)
- (meteorology) cloud
- (computing) cloud
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | νέφος (néfos) | νέφη (néfi) |
| genitive | νέφους (néfous) | νεφών (nefón) |
| accusative | νέφος (néfos) | νέφη (néfi) |
| vocative | νέφος (néfos) | νέφη (néfi) |
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- ομίχλη f (omíchli, “fog”)
Derived terms
- ανέφελος (anéfelos, “cloudless”, adjective)
- αντινεφικός (antinefikós, “antismog”, adjective)
- νεφοσκεπής (nefoskepís)
- ραδιενεργό νέφος n (radienergó néfos, “radioactive fallout”)
Related terms
- νεφέλη f (neféli)
- νεφελοειδής (nefeloeidís)
- νεφελώδης (nefelódis)
- νεφέλωμα n (neféloma)
- νέφωση f (néfosi)
- συννεφιά f (synnefiá)
- συννεφιάζω (synnefiázo)
- συννέφιασμα n (synnéfiasma)
- συννεφιασμένος (synnefiasménos)
- σύννεφο n (sýnnefo)
- συννεφόκαμα f (synnefókama)
References
- ^ νέφος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
νέφος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
