- νάπη
- νάπηGrammatical information: f.,Meaning: `wooded vale, cleft' (Θ 558 = P 300); νάπα σύμφυτος τόπος H.Other forms: νάπος n. (Pi., S., E., X.).Derivatives: ναπ-αῖος `of a wooded vale' (S., E. u.a.), -ώδης `id.' (Eust., St. Byz.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Unexplained. After Ribezzo RIGI 15, 156ff. Aegaean-Tyrrhenian (with bold hypotheses); cf. also PN Νάπος (Lesbos). Wrong IE etymologies by Prellwitz and Bq. Cf. προνωπής. -- NewGr. forms (νάπα etc.) by Amantos Άρχ. Έφ. 28, 85 ff. - No IE etym., so prob. Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,
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