νηλεής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

νη- (nē-, negative prefix) +‎ ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy, pity”)

Pronunciation
 

Adjective

νηλεής • (nēleḗs) m or f (neuter νηλεές); third declension

  1. merciless, pitiless
  2. unpitied

Declension
Third declension of νηλεής; νηλεές (contracted, Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative νηλεής
nēleḗs		 νηλεές
nēleés		 νηλεεῖ
nēleeî		 νηλεεῖ
nēleeî		 νηλεεῖς
nēleeîs		 νηλεῆ
nēleê
Genitive νηλεοῦς
nēleoûs		 νηλεοῦς
nēleoûs		 νηλεοῖν
nēleoîn		 νηλεοῖν
nēleoîn		 νηλεῶν
nēleôn		 νηλεῶν
nēleôn
Dative νηλεεῖ
nēleeî		 νηλεεῖ
nēleeî		 νηλεοῖν
nēleoîn		 νηλεοῖν
nēleoîn		 νηλεέσῐ / νηλεέσῐν
nēleési(n)		 νηλεέσῐ / νηλεέσῐν
nēleési(n)
Accusative νηλεῆ
nēleê		 νηλεές
nēleés		 νηλεεῖ
nēleeî		 νηλεεῖ
nēleeî		 νηλεεῖς
nēleeîs		 νηλεῆ
nēleê
Vocative νηλεές
nēleés		 νηλεές
nēleés		 νηλεεῖ
nēleeî		 νηλεεῖ
nēleeî		 νηλεεῖς
nēleeîs		 νηλεῆ
nēleê
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
νηλεῶς
nēleôs		 νηλεέστερος
nēleésteros		 νηλεέστᾰτος
nēleéstatos
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Third declension of νηλεής; νηλεές (uncontracted, Epic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative νηλεής
nēleḗs		 νηλεές
nēleés		 νηλεεῖ / νηλεέε
nēleeî / nēleée		 νηλεεῖ / νηλεέε
nēleeî / nēleée		 νηλεεῖς / νηλεέες
nēleeîs / nēleées		 νηλεέᾰ
nēleéa
Genitive νηλεέος / νηλεεῦς
nēleéos / nēleeûs		 νηλεέος / νηλεεῦς
nēleéos / nēleeûs		 νηλεοῖν
nēleoîn		 νηλεοῖν
nēleoîn		 νηλεέων
nēleéōn		 νηλεέων
nēleéōn
Dative νηλεεῖ / νηλεέῐ̈
nēleeî / nēleéï		 νηλεεῖ / νηλεέῐ̈
nēleeî / nēleéï		 νηλεοῖν
nēleoîn		 νηλεοῖν
nēleoîn		 νηλεέσῐ / νηλεέσῐν
nēleési(n)		 νηλεέσῐ / νηλεέσῐν
nēleési(n)
Accusative νηλεέᾰ
nēleéa		 νηλεές
nēleés		 νηλεεῖ / νηλεέε
nēleeî / nēleée		 νηλεεῖ / νηλεέε
nēleeî / nēleée		 νηλεέᾰς
nēleéas		 νηλεέᾰ
nēleéa
Vocative νηλεές
nēleés		 νηλεές
nēleés		 νηλεεῖ / νηλεέε
nēleeî / nēleée		 νηλεεῖ / νηλεέε
nēleeî / nēleée		 νηλεεῖς / νηλεέες
nēleeîs / nēleées		 νηλεέᾰ
nēleéa
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
νηλεέως
nēleéōs		 νηλεέστερος
nēleésteros		 νηλεέστᾰτος
nēleéstatos
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading
  • “νηλεής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • νηλεής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “νηλεής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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