νέφος
Alt. νέφος, εος,
I. "a cloud, mass or pile of clouds", Hom., etc.
2. metaph., θανάτου νέφος "the cloud" of death, id=Hom.; so, σκότου ν., of blindness, Soph.; ν. οἰμωγῆς, στεναγμῶν Eur.; ν. ὀφρύων "a cloud" upon the brows, id=Eur.
II. metaph. also "a cloud" of men or birds, Il., Hdt.; ν. πολέμοιο "the cloud" of battle, Il.