(clouds)

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `cloud, mass of clouds' (ep. poet. Il., also X., Arist.) also of cloudlike disturbances in urine a. in eye (medic.), metaph. `fine bird-net' (Ar., Call., AP).

Compounds: Compp., e.g. νεφελ-ηγερέτα `cloudgatherer', adjunct of Zeus, with voc. for nom. (Risch Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 394f.), ἐπι-νέφελος `clouded' (Hdt., Hp., Arist.). Compp., e.g. νεφο-ειδής `cloud-like' (Epicur.), συν-νεφής `surrounded by clouds, dark' (E., Arist.), ἐπι-νεφής `cloudy, bringing clouds' (Arist., Thphr.) with the backformations συν-νέφει, - νένοφεν (Ar., E., Arist.), ἐπι-νέφει (Arist., Thphr.) `is, makes cloudy' with ἐπίνεψις f. `cloudiness' (Arist.).

Derivatives: 1. Diminut. νεφέλιον n. (Arist., Thphr., medic.); 2. Adj. νεφελ-ώδης `cloudy' (Arist.), - ωτός `covered with clouds, consisting of clouds' (Luc.). 3. Verbs: νεφελ-όομαι (Eust.), - ίζομαι (sch.) `be(come) covered with clouds'. -- νέφος n. `cloud, mass of c.' (Il.). Derivv.: 1. Dimin. νεφύδριον (Olymp. Phil.); 2. Adj. νεφώδης `cloudlike, bringing clouds' (Arist., Str.); 3. Verb νεφόομαι, also w. ἐκ-, `become cloudy, be changed in a cloud' (Thphr., Ph.) with νέφωσις f. `cloudiness' (Ph.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [315, to be corrected] * nebʰ- `cloud'

Etymology: Old inherited words with exact correspondences in several languages. With νεφέλη agrees Lat. nebula (u however polyinterpretable), prob. also MWelsh. nyfel `cloud' (Loth Rev. celt. 47. 172 f.), IE * nebhelā. Also Germanic points with varying auslaut (ā- or ŏ-stem) and var. vowel to the same l-element, e.g. OWNo. njōl f. `darkness' (Germ. ō-stem = IE ā-stem), OHG nebul m. `mist' (Germ. a-stem = IE o-stem); some Celtic forms, e.g. OIr. nēl, gen. nivil m. `cloud, mist', are ambiguous. -- Beside this l-stem, which prob. not accidentally agrees with the l-stem of the words for `sun' (s. ἥλιος) and `wind' (s. ἄελλα, θύελλα), we find in the east a widespread s-stem in νέφος = Skt. nábhas- n. `cloud, mist, haze', Hitt. nepiš, OCS. nebo, gen. nebes-e `heaven' (through `cloud' \> `heaven' Brandenstein Stud. z. idg. Grundspr. 24 f.) etc., IE *nébhos n.; on the variation s: l cf. e.g. ἔτος: ἔταλον, θάρσος: θαρσα-λέος a.o. (Benveniste Origines 46 f.). -- More forms w. partly uncertain combinations in WP. 1, 131 f., Pok. 315f., W.-Hofmann s. nebula, Mayrhofer s. nábhaḥ, Vasmer s. nébo; s. also Porzig Gliederung 189f. (Not here ὄμβρος.)

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νεφέλη, ης, ἡ (Hom.+; Kaibel 375; pap, LXX, En, TestAbr; TestJob 42:3; TestLevi 18:5; ApcEsdr 5:7 p. 29, 32 Tdf.; Philo, Joseph., Just., Mel.) cloud ν. λευκή Rv 14:14a. Clouds fr. the west bringing rain Lk 12:54. νεφέλαι σκότους dark clouds as a comparison for a swarm of worms ApcPt 10:25. ν. σκοτεινή GJs 19:2, foll. by ἡ ν. ὑπεστέλλετο the cloud disappeared. ν. ἄνυδροι waterless clouds, that yield no rain Jd 12; cp. 2 Pt 2:17 v.l. Jesus at the Transfiguration was overshadowed by a νεφέλη φωτεινή bright cloud (ν. as a sign of God’s presence: Jos., Ant. 3, 290; 310) Mt 17:5; cp. Mk 9:7; Lk 9:34f (HRiesenfeld, Jésus Transfiguré ’47, 130–45). περιβεβλημένος νεφέλην (Lucian, Jupp. Trag. 16) clothed in a cloud Rv 10:1. Christ ascending in a cloud Ac 1:9 (cp. Dosiadis [III B.C.]: 458 Fgm. 5 Jac. of Ganymede: νέφος ἥρπασεν αὐτὸν εἰς οὐρανόν; Ps.-Apollod. 2, 7, 7, 12 of Heracles). Likew. the believers 1 Th 4:17 (cp. PGM 5, 277 τὸν περιεχόμενον … ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ ἀέρος νεφέλης); cp. Rv 11:12. Clouds as the vehicle of Christ at his second coming ἐρχόμενον ἐπὶ τῶν ν. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (cp. Da 7:13) Mt 24:30; 26:64. ἐν νεφέλαις Mk 13:26. ἐν νεφέλῃ Lk 21:27. μετὰ τῶν ν. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (Da 7:13 Theod.) Mk 14:62; cp. Rv 1:7. ἐπάνω τῶν ν. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ D 16:8; καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῆς ν. Rv 14:15f; ἐπὶ τὴν ν. vs. 14b. ὑπὸ τὴν ν. εἶναι be under the cloud 1 Cor 10:1 (for the idea cp. Ex 14:19ff; Num 14:14; Ps 104:39; Wsd 10:17; 19:7). πάντες ἐβαπτίσθησαν (v.l. ἐβαπτίσαντο; B-D-F §317; Rob. 808) ἐν τῇ νεφέλῃ they were all baptized in (by) the cloud vs. 2 is meant to establish a baptism for those who were in the desert, even though neither the OT nor Jewish tradition views the cloud as a source of moisture.—On the function of clouds in apocalyptic scenarios s. JReeves, Heralds of That Good Realm ’96, 169f.—DELG s.v. νεφέλη I. M-M. TW.

κελαινεφέα, κελαινεφής

black with clouds: neut nom /voc /acc pl (epic ionic)

κελαινεφέα, κελαινεφής

black with clouds: masc /fem acc sg (epic ionic)

κελαινεφέϊ, κελαινεφής

black with clouds: dat sg (epic)

κελαινεφέε, κελαινεφής

black with clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (epic ionic)

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric)

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric)

πυκνονεφής

covered with thick clouds: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)

πυκνονεφής

covered with thick clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)

πυκνονεφής

covered with thick clouds: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric)

πυκνονεφής

covered with thick clouds: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)

πυκνονεφής

covered with thick clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)

πυκνονεφής

covered with thick clouds: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric)

ὑψινεφής

dwelling high in the clouds: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)

ὑψινεφής

dwelling high in the clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)

ὑψινεφής

dwelling high in the clouds: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric)

ὑψινεφής

dwelling high in the clouds: neut nom /voc /acc pl (attic epic doric)

ὑψινεφής

dwelling high in the clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)

ὑψινεφής

dwelling high in the clouds: masc /fem acc sg (attic epic doric)

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem /neut dat sg

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem /neut dat sg

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem acc pl

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem nom /voc pl (attic epic)

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem acc pl

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem nom /voc pl (attic epic)

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem voc sg

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: neut nom /voc /acc sg

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: masc /fem voc sg

ἀγχινεφής

near the clouds: neut nom /voc /acc sg

αἰθάλωσις

clouds of sooty smoke: fem nom /voc pl (attic epic)

αἰθάλωσις

clouds of sooty smoke: fem nom /acc pl (attic)

αἰθαλόω

to soil with soot: aor subj act 2nd sg (epic)

αἰθαλόω

to soil with soot: fut ind act 2nd sg

αἰθάλωσις

clouds of sooty smoke: fem nom /voc pl (attic epic)

αἰθάλωσις

clouds of sooty smoke: fem nom /acc pl (attic)

αἰθαλόω

to soil with soot: aor subj act 2nd sg (epic)

αἰθαλόω

to soil with soot: fut ind act 2nd sg

εὐρυνεφής

lord of spreading clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)

εὐρυνεφής

lord of spreading clouds: masc /fem /neut dat sg

εὐρυνεφής

lord of spreading clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)

εὐρυνεφής

lord of spreading clouds: masc /fem /neut dat sg

κελαινεφής

black with clouds: masc /fem /neut nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)

κελαινεφής

black with clouds: masc /fem /neut dat sg