The corpus record

νάπος

napos · τό

grove, thicket, ravine, gully

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Where it lives

Anabasis 9 · 1.6/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k

What it meant — LSJ

grove, thicket, ravine, gully

= νάπη, κοιλόπεδον ν., of Olympia, Pi. P. 5.39, cf. I. 8(7).68, S. OC 157 (lyr.), Tr. 436, E. Andr. 284 (lyr.), etc.; of a grove or thicket, S. Aj. 892 (lyr.); also, ravine, gully, ἐγένοντʼ ἐπὶ νάπει μεγάλῳ καὶ δυσπόρῳ X. An. 6.5.12, cf. 22, Cyr. 1.6.43.

In the wild

νάπος · napos Euripides, Bacchae 1048–1050
νάπος · napos Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 64)
νάπος · napos Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis *)ifige/neia (DIORISIS sentence 788)
νάπος · napos Euripides, Phoenissae 1 (DIORISIS sentence 473)
νάπους · napous Sophocles, Ajax 892
νάπει · napei Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 155–161

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Where it came from

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