νίφα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Accusative singular of unattested *νίψ (*níps), reflecting Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs (“snow”), root noun derived from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”) (whence also Ancient Greek νίφω (níphō)).

Direct cognates include Latin nix and Old Irish snechtae and indirectly also Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha) and Old English snāw and snīwan (English snow and snew).

Noun

νίφα • (nípha)

1. snow

Derived terms

• νῐφᾰργής (nĭphărgḗs)
• νῐφᾰ́ς (nĭphắs)
• νῐφοβλής (nĭphoblḗs)
• νῐφοβολῐ́ᾱ (nĭphobolĭ́ā)
• νῐφοβόλος (nĭphobólos)
• νῐφόεις (nĭphóeis)
• νῐφόκτῠπος (nĭphóktŭpos)
• νῐφοστῐβής (nĭphostĭbḗs)

References

• “νίφα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νίφα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νίφα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette