νίψ

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs (“snow”), root noun derived from *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”) (whence also Ancient Greek νίφω (níphō)). Attested as the accusative singular νῐ́φᾰ (nĭ́phă).

Direct cognates include Latin nix and Old Irish snechtae and indirectly also Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha) and Old English snāw and snīwan (English snow and snew).

νῐ́ψ • (nĭ́ps) f (genitive νῐ́φος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ νῐ́ψ; τῆς νῐφός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νῐ́ψ hē nĭ́ps	τὼ νῐ́φε tṑ nĭ́phe	αἱ νῐ́φες hai nĭ́phes
Genitive	τῆς νῐφός tês nĭphós	τοῖν νῐφοῖν toîn nĭphoîn	τῶν νῐφῶν tôn nĭphôn
Dative	τῇ νῐφῐ́ tēî nĭphĭ́	τοῖν νῐφοῖν toîn nĭphoîn	ταῖς νῐψῐ́ / νῐψῐ́ν taîs nĭpsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν νῐ́φᾰ tḕn nĭ́phă	τὼ νῐ́φε tṑ nĭ́phe	τᾱ̀ς νῐ́φᾰς tā̀s nĭ́phăs
Vocative	νῐ́ψ nĭ́ps	νῐ́φε nĭ́phe	νῐ́φες nĭ́phes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“νίφα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“νίφα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
*νίψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette