νέφος

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

 

Noun

νέφος • (néphos) n (genitive νέφεος or νέφους); third declension

  1. cloud

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ νέφος; τοῦ νέφους (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ νέφος
tò néphos 		τὼ νέφει
tṑ néphei 		τᾰ̀ νέφη
tằ néphē
Genitive τοῦ νέφους
toû néphous 		τοῖν νεφοῖν
toîn nephoîn 		τῶν νεφῶν
tôn nephôn
Dative τῷ νέφει
tōî néphei 		τοῖν νεφοῖν
toîn nephoîn 		τοῖς νέφεσῐ / νέφεσῐν
toîs néphesĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ νέφος
tò néphos 		τὼ νέφει
tṑ néphei 		τᾰ̀ νέφη
tằ néphē
Vocative νέφος
néphos 		νέφει
néphei 		νέφη
néphē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of νέφος; νέφεος (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νέφος
néphos 		νέφει / νέφεε
néphei / néphee 		νέφεᾰ
népheă
Genitive νέφεος / νέφευς
népheos / népheus 		νεφέοιν
nephéoin 		νεφέων
nephéōn
Dative νέφει / νέφεῐ̈
néphei / népheĭ̈ 		νεφέοιν
nephéoin 		νέφεσσῐν / νεφέεσσῐ / νεφέεσσῐν / νέφεσῐ / νέφεσῐν
néphessĭn / nephéessĭ(n) / néphesĭ(n)
Accusative νέφος
néphos 		νέφει / νέφεε
néphei / néphee 		νέφεᾰ
népheă
Vocative νέφος
néphos 		νέφει / νέφεε
néphei / néphee 		νέφεᾰ
népheă
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: νέφος n (néfos)
  • →⇒ English: nephology, nephoscope

References

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈne.fos/
  • Hyphenation: νέ‧φος

Noun

νέφος • (néfos) n (plural νέφη)

  1. smog
    Synonym: αιθαλομίχλη (aithalomíchli)
  2. (meteorology) cloud
  3. (computing) cloud

Declension

Declension of νέφος
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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ νέφος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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