ננוס

נַנּוֹס, נַנּוֹסָא,v. נַנָּס, ׃ַנָּסָא.

נַנָּסm. (νᾶνος, nanus, of Semitic origin, fr. נסס, cmp. ממל fr. מלל) dwarf; (adj.) puny, stumped. Nidd.24b, opp. אָרוּךְ; Num. R. s. 9. Ber.58b נ׳ one whose limbs are too small for his body, opp. כִּיפֵּחַ; Tosef. ib. VII (VI), 3 ננוס ed. Zuck. (Var. ננס); Y. ib. IX, 13b bot.; Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Pinḥas 1. Sifra Emor, Par. 3, ch. III; Bekh.VII, 6 (45b, of animals and of men). Cant. R. to II, 15; Gen. R. s. 65 נ׳ שבננסים a puny dwarf. Midr. Till. to Ps. 137; Pesik. R. s. 31 הנ׳ הזה that dwarf (Nebuchadnezzar); a. fr.Ḥull.63a וסימנך ננוס פסול and thy sign (to remember that the small species of שקיטנא is unclean) be, ‘the dwarf is unfit (for priesthood).Pl. נַנָּסִים, נַנָּסִין. Cant. R. l. c.; Gen. R. l. c., v. supra. Ib. s. 37; Yalk. ib. 62 כפתורים נ׳ Caphtorites (Gen. 10:14) are dwarfs; a. fr.Tam.III, 5; Midd. III, 5 עמודים נ׳ small columns. Ib. V, 2 הנ׳ (sub. עמודים). Fem. נַנֶּסֶת. Bekh.45b. Par. II, 2; a. e.

נַנָּסm. (νᾶνος, nanus, of Semitic origin, fr. נסס, cmp. ממל fr. מלל) dwarf; (adj.) puny, stumped. Nidd.24b, opp. אָרוּךְ; Num. R. s. 9. Ber.58b נ׳ one whose limbs are too small for his body, opp. כִּיפֵּחַ; Tosef. ib. VII (VI), 3 ננוס ed. Zuck. (Var. ננס); Y. ib. IX, 13b bot.; Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Pinḥas 1. Sifra Emor, Par. 3, ch. III; Bekh.VII, 6 (45b, of animals and of men). Cant. R. to II, 15; Gen. R. s. 65 נ׳ שבננסים a puny dwarf. Midr. Till. to Ps. 137; Pesik. R. s. 31 הנ׳ הזה that dwarf (Nebuchadnezzar); a. fr.Ḥull.63a וסימנך ננוס פסול and thy sign (to remember that the small species of שקיטנא is unclean) be, ‘the dwarf is unfit (for priesthood).Pl. נַנָּסִים, נַנָּסִין. Cant. R. l. c.; Gen. R. l. c., v. supra. Ib. s. 37; Yalk. ib. 62 כפתורים נ׳ Caphtorites (Gen. 10:14) are dwarfs; a. fr.Tam.III, 5; Midd. III, 5 עמודים נ׳ small columns. Ib. V, 2 הנ׳ (sub. עמודים). Fem. נַנֶּסֶת. Bekh.45b. Par. II, 2; a. e.