νεφέλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.pʰé.li.on/ → /neˈɸe.li.on/ → /neˈfe.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.pʰé.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /neˈpʰe.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /neˈɸe.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /neˈfe.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /neˈfe.li.on/

Noun

νεφέλῐον • (nephélion) n (genitive νεφελῐ́ου); second declension

1. (astronomy) nebula
2. cloud in urine
3. (pathology) cloud-like opacity on the eye
4. white speck on the nails

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ νεφέλῐον; τοῦ νεφελῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νεφέλῐον tò nephélion	τὼ νεφελῐ́ω tṑ nephelíō	τᾰ̀ νεφέλῐᾰ tà nephélia
Genitive	τοῦ νεφελῐ́ου toû nephelíou	τοῖν νεφελῐ́οιν toîn nephelíoin	τῶν νεφελῐ́ων tôn nephelíōn
Dative	τῷ νεφελῐ́ῳ tôi nephelíōi	τοῖν νεφελῐ́οιν toîn nephelíoin	τοῖς νεφελῐ́οις toîs nephelíois
Accusative	τὸ νεφέλῐον tò nephélion	τὼ νεφελῐ́ω tṑ nephelíō	τᾰ̀ νεφέλῐᾰ tà nephélia
Vocative	νεφέλῐον nephélion	νεφελῐ́ω nephelíō	νεφέλῐᾰ nephélia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “νεφέλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• νεφέλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette