νεοσσεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. νεοττ-, Ion. and Hellenistic νοσσεύω, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[hatch]], ἐνεόττευσεν γένος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>699</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[build a nest]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>559a4</span>, etc.; μελιττῶν ἐν τῷ στήθει τοῦ λέοντος νενοσσευκότων <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>5.8.6</span>: metaph., [σοφία] θεμέλιον αἰῶνος ἐνόσσευσε <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Si.</span>1.15</span>:—Pass., [[ὅσα ἦν νενοσσευμένα ὀρνίθων γένεα]] = [[as many species of birds as had their nests]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.159</span>.</span>