νέπους

νέπους, ποδος, ὁ, once in Hom. in pl., νέποδες καλῆς Ἁλοσύδνης, of seals, prob.

• children of H., Od. 4.404, cf. Eust. 1502.36: so in later Poets, ἀθάνατοι δὲ καλεῦνται ἑοὶ νέποδες Theoc. 17.25; γοργοφόνοι νέποδες Cleon Sic. ap. EM 389.28; ὁ Κεῖος Ὑλλίχου νέπους Call. Fr. 77, cf. A.R. 4.1745: also expld. from νε- (for νη- privat.), πούς, the footless ones, Apion ap. Apollon. Lex., and from νέω (A), = νηξί-ποδες, web-footed, ibid., Et.Gud. 405.49: hence in later Poets, of fish, θαλασσαίων μυνδότεροι νεπόδων Call. Fr. 260, cf. Nic. Al. 468, 485, AP 6.11 (Satyr.), 11.60 (Paul.Sil.); ἕκαστά τε φῦλα νεπούδων is f.l. in h.Ap. 78.