νενίηλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares this word with ἐνεός (eneós, “blind; silly, stupid”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.ní.ɛː.los/ → /neˈni.i.los/ → /neˈni.i.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.ní.ɛː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /neˈni.e̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /neˈni.i.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /neˈni.i.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /neˈni.i.los/

Adjective

νενῐ́ηλος • (nenĭ́ēlos) m or f (neuter νενῐ́ηλον); second declension

1. foolish, silly, unwise
2. weak-eyed, purblind

Declension

Second declension of νενῐ́ηλος; νενῐ́ηλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νενῐ́ηλος nenĭ́ēlos	νενῐ́ηλον nenĭ́ēlon		νενῐήλω nenĭḗlō	νενῐήλω nenĭḗlō		νενῐ́ηλοι nenĭ́ēloi	νενῐ́ηλᾰ nenĭ́ēlă
Genitive		νενῐήλου nenĭḗlou	νενῐήλου nenĭḗlou		νενῐήλοιν nenĭḗloin	νενῐήλοιν nenĭḗloin		νενῐήλων nenĭḗlōn	νενῐήλων nenĭḗlōn
Dative		νενῐήλῳ nenĭḗlōi	νενῐήλῳ nenĭḗlōi		νενῐήλοιν nenĭḗloin	νενῐήλοιν nenĭḗloin		νενῐήλοις nenĭḗlois	νενῐήλοις nenĭḗlois
Accusative		νενῐ́ηλον nenĭ́ēlon	νενῐ́ηλον nenĭ́ēlon		νενῐήλω nenĭḗlō	νενῐήλω nenĭḗlō		νενῐήλους nenĭḗlous	νενῐ́ηλᾰ nenĭ́ēlă
Vocative		νενῐ́ηλε nenĭ́ēle	νενῐ́ηλον nenĭ́ēlon		νενῐήλω nenĭḗlō	νενῐήλω nenĭḗlō		νενῐ́ηλοι nenĭ́ēloi	νενῐ́ηλᾰ nenĭ́ēlă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		νενῐήλως nenĭḗlōs			νενῐηλότερος nenĭēlóteros			νενῐηλότᾰτος nenĭēlótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “νενίηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• νενίηλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN