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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.)
A.pitiless, ruthless, Il.9.632; νηλέϊ χαλκῷ with ruthless blade, 3.292, al.; “νηλέϊ δεσμῷ10.443; 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. ἦτορIl.9.497; “νηλέα νόον ΦάλαρινPi.P.1.95; “νηλεεῖ νόῳId.Fr.177; “ν. σὺ καὶ θράσους πλέωςA.Pr.42; “ν . . . ὅστις ἱκτῆρας ἐκθύειE.Cyc.369 (lyr.). Adv. “-εῶςA.Pr.242; Ep. “-ειῶςA.R. 2.626, IG5(1).733 (Sparta).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (17):
    • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 242
    • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 42
    • Euripides, Cyclops, 369
    • Hesiod, Theogony, 770
    • Homer, Iliad, 11.484
    • Homer, Iliad, 19.229
    • Homer, Iliad, 9.497
    • Homer, Odyssey, 9.17
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 5 to Aphrodite, 245
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 1197
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 180
    • Homer, Iliad, 10.443
    • Homer, Iliad, 3.292
    • Homer, Iliad, 9.632
    • Homer, Odyssey, 12.372
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 2.626
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4.476
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