G03516

νήπιος

Etym. νη-, ἔπος

I. "not yet speaking", Lat. infans, Hom.; νήπια τέκνα, βρέφος ν. Eur.:—also νήπια "young animals", Il.

II. metaph. "like a child, childish, silly", Hom., Hes.; "without forethought", Hom., Aesch.