1. νάπη · napē — Beekes
overgrown place
The corpus record
νάπη
nape
overgrown place
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- On Hunting 3 · 3.3/10k
- Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k
- Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
- On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
- 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
- Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
- Numeri 2 · 0.87/10k
Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. νάπη · napē — Chantraine
«vallon boisé, combe, ravin» (IL 8,558 -Ξ 16,300, poètes, X
3. νάπη · napē — Frisk
ds.
4. νάπη · napē — LSJ
woodland vale, dell, glen
Attestations
- νάπαι · napai Iliad 8.558
- νάπαι · napai Iliad 16.300
- νάπαι · napai Herodotus, Histories 4.157.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5064)
- νάπη · napē Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 1398–1402
- νάπη · napē Euripides, Trojan Women 1.1060 (DIORISIS sentence 555)
- νάπας · napas Euripides, Electra 1 (DIORISIS sentence 253)
6 of 31 attestations shown. Ask for more.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1047; entry #4273 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 752; entry #5539 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1260-1261; entry #4029 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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