Note 31 — TABLE OF KINGS. (continued 2)

It is probably derived from an obsolete verb νύβω, the Latin nubo signifying to veil or cover; hence nubes, clouds. In Homer (II. iii. 130.), Iris says to Helen,

Δεῦρ’ ἵθι, νύμφα φίλη.

The preceding and following notes are also from Mr. Keightley.