"νιφάς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See νιφάς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ni.pʰás/, /niˈɸas/, /niˈfas/, /ni.pʰás/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /niˈpʰas/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /niˈɸas/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /niˈfas/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /niˈfas/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From νίφα (nípha, “snow”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás). Etymology templates: {{suffix|grc|νίφα|ᾰ́ς|t1=snow}} νίφα (nípha, “snow”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ás) Head templates: {{grc-noun|νῐφᾰ́δος|f|third|head=νῐφᾰ́ς}} νῐφᾰ́ς • (niphás) f (genitive νῐφᾰ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|νῐφᾰ́ς|νῐφᾰ́δος}} Forms: νῐφᾰ́ς [canonical], niphás [romanization], νῐφᾰ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ νῐφᾰ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ νῐφᾰ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ νῐφᾰ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς νῐφᾰ́δος [genitive, singular], τοῖν νῐφᾰ́δοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν νῐφᾰ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ νῐφᾰ́δῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν νῐφᾰ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς νῐφᾰ́σῐ [dative, plural], νῐφᾰ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs niphási [dative, plural], taîs niphásin [dative, plural], τὴν νῐφᾰ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ νῐφᾰ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς νῐφᾰ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], νῐφᾰ́ς [singular, vocative], νῐφᾰ́δε [dual, vocative], νῐφᾰ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. (mostly in the plural) snowflake Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Atmospheric phenomena
    Sense id: en-νιφάς-grc-noun-3loa30~t Disambiguation of Atmospheric phenomena: 46 21 33 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άς, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 46 22 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 47 22 31 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -άς: 48 22 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 14 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 6 16
  2. (collectively) snowstorm Tags: collective
    Sense id: en-νιφάς-grc-noun-lIGvBDEN
  3. (in general) shower, sleet Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-νιφάς-grc-noun-ce5oZrEv
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