νεφέλη, ἡ,
(νέφος)
cloud, mass of clouds (distinguished from ὁμίχλη,
mist or
fog, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ν. κυανέη, πορφυρέη, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]—Mostly
poetry, but found in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] [same places], and in late Prose, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
2 metaphorically, νεφέλη δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε κυανέη, of death, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν δ᾽ ἄχεος νεφέλη ἐκάλυψε μέλαινα
a cloud of sorrow,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κενταύρου φονίᾳ νεφέλᾳ, i.e. with his blood, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κελαινῶπις ν., of sleep, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II of
clouds in urine, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2 =νεφέλιον 11.2, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3 cloud on a mirror, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III fine bird-net, in
plural, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV Alchem.,
sublimate, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
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