A.pitiless, ruthless, Il.9.632; νηλέϊ χαλκῷ with ruthless blade, 3.292, al.; “νηλέϊ δεσμῷ” 10.443; ν. θυμὸν ἔχοντες a resolute or dogged spirit, 19.229; νηλέϊ ὕπνῳ relentless sleep, which has exposed the sleeper to ill, Od.12.372; ν. ἦμαρ, i.e. the day of death, Il.11.484, Od.9.17, etc.; “ν. ἦτορ” Il.9.497; “νηλέα νόον Φάλαριν” Pi.P.1.95; “νηλεεῖ νόῳ” Id.Fr.177; “ν. σὺ καὶ θράσους πλέως” A.Pr.42; “ν . . . ὅστις ἱκτῆρας ἐκθύει” E.Cyc.369 (lyr.). Adv. “-εῶς” A.Pr.242; Ep. “-ειῶς” A.R. 2.626, IG5(1).733 (Sparta).
νηλής , ές, Ep. neut. νηλεές; Ep. also νηλειής , ές, Hes.Th.770, h.Ven.245, A.R.4.476: (νη-, ἔλεος):—poet. Adj. (in Prose sts. ἀνηλεής, q.v.)