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Headword: *nh/i+da
Adler number: nu,305
Translated headword: unknowing
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] inexperienced, uneducated,[1] weak.[2]
But Neides [are] nymphs.[3]
Greek Original:
*nh/i+da: a)/peiron, a)maqh=, a)sqenh=. *nhi/+des de\ nu/mfai.
Notes:
[1] The headword is an adjective, from the negative prefix *ne and the root wid- "know", here in the feminine accusative singular. Same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at Photius nu180 Theodoridis), and cf. also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 7.198, where it occurs (web address 1). See also nu 306.
[2] From the prefix *ne- and i)/s (*wis) "strength" (iota 603).
[3] Naiad *nai+a/s, Ionic *nhi+a/s, also *nai+/s and *nhi+/s; from na/w "flow." See also nu 306, nu 14.
Associated internet address:
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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; mythology; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 22 August 2009@00:49:32.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 23 August 2009@04:37:30.
Catharine Roth (betacode tweak) on 24 August 2009@12:38:10.
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