The corpus record

νάπη

nape · ἡ

woodland vale, dell, glen

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Where it lives

On Hunting 3 · 3.3/10k
Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k
Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Numeri 2 · 0.87/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k
Ezechiel 2 · 0.69/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

woodland vale, dell, glen, valleys, glen

woodland vale, dell, glen, Il. 8.558; Ἀπολλωνία ν., of Delphi, Pi. P. 6.9, cf. SIG 546A 11 (Delph., iii B.C.), GDI 5016.9 (Gortyn); νάπαι κάλλισται pleasant valleys about a town, Hdt. 4.157; χείμαρρος νάπη a torrent glen, E. Ba. 1093; ἢν ἀπόροις νάπαις ἐντυγχάνωσι X. Eq.Mag. 4.4, cf. Cyn. 9.11; ὄρη δάσκια καὶ νάπαι πετρώδεις βρέμονται Ar. Th. 998 (lyr.), cf. Av. 740 (lyr.), Pl. Lg. 761b; cf. νάπος.

In the wild

νάπη · napē Euripides, Bacchae 1084–1085
νάπης · napēs Euripides, Bacchae 1093–1094
νάπας · napas Euripides, Electra 1 (DIORISIS sentence 253)
νάπη · napē Euripides, Helen 1 (DIORISIS sentence 901)
νάπας · napas Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris *bouko/los (DIORISIS sentence 135)
νάπη · napē Euripides, Trojan Women 1.1060 (DIORISIS sentence 555)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. νάπη (scan p. 1047; entry #4273).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. νάπη (scan p. 752; entry #5539).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. νάπη (scan pp. 1260-1261; entry #4029).

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