The corpus record

νενίηλος

nenielos

unwise, blinded

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What it meant

1. νενίηλος · neniēlos — Beekes

νενίηλος [adj.] ‘unwise, blinded’, acc. to H. = τυφλός, ἀπόπληκτος, ἀνόητος ‘blind, senseless, stupid’ (Call. Jov. 63). eDER Beside it ἐνίηλος (very doubtful, probably e-)- ἀνόητος; also νενός: εὐήθης ‘simple, silly’ (H.). *ETYM Fur.: 392 compares νενός with ἐνεός ‘stupid, dumb’; the ν.]. e- might also be an instance of this alternation. vévvog [m.] ‘(maternal) uncle’ (Thera, Poll., H., Eust.), ‘maternal … — [Beekes, s.v. νενίηλος, p. 1058]

2. νενίηλος · neniēlos — LSJ

foolish, silly, weak-eyed, purblind

foolish, silly: or weak-eyed, purblind, Call. Jov. 63, cf. Hsch.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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