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 • (neníēlos) 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 neníēlos	νενῐ́ηλον neníēlon		νενῐήλω neniḗlō	νενῐήλω neniḗlō		νενῐ́ηλοι neníēloi	νενῐ́ηλᾰ neníēla
Genitive		νενῐήλου neniḗlou	νενῐήλου neniḗlou		νενῐήλοιν neniḗloin	νενῐήλοιν neniḗloin		νενῐήλων neniḗlōn	νενῐήλων neniḗlōn
Dative		νενῐήλῳ neniḗlōi	νενῐήλῳ neniḗlōi		νενῐήλοιν neniḗloin	νενῐήλοιν neniḗloin		νενῐήλοις neniḗlois	νενῐήλοις neniḗlois
Accusative		νενῐ́ηλον neníēlon	νενῐ́ηλον neníēlon		νενῐήλω neniḗlō	νενῐήλω neniḗlō		νενῐήλους neniḗlous	νενῐ́ηλᾰ neníēla
Vocative		νενῐ́ηλε neníēle	νενῐ́ηλον neníēlon		νενῐήλω neniḗlō	νενῐήλω neniḗlō		νενῐ́ηλοι neníēloi	νενῐ́ηλᾰ neníēla
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		νενῐήλως neniḗlōs			νενῐηλότερος neniēlóteros			νενῐηλότᾰτος neniēlótatos
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