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νηπύτιος

neputios · ὁ

little child

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Where it lives

Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Iliad 9 · 0.81/10k

What it meant

νηπῠτι-ος · nēpyti-os — LSJ

little child, from childhood

Dim. of νήπιος, little child, μηκέτι ταῦτα λεγώμεθα νηπύτιοι ὥς Il. 13.292; νηπύτιον ὥς 20.200, ἐξέτι νηπυτίης, = ἐκ νέας, from childhood A.R. 4.791; once in Ar., ν. γάρ ἐστʼ ἔτι Nu. 868.

II childish, foolish

as Adj., childish, ἐπέεσσί γε νηπυτίοισιν Il. 20.211; foolish, [βροτοί] Orph. L. 6.

In the wild

νηπύτιος · nēpytios Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 700)
νηπύτιοι · nēpytioi Iliad 13.292
νηπύτιον · nēpytion Iliad 20.200
νηπυτίοισιν · nēpytioisin Iliad 20.211
νηπύτιοι · nēpytioi Iliad 20.244
νηπύτιον · nēpytion Iliad 20.431

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Where it came from

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