νείαιρα
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
English (LSJ)
acc. sg.
A -ᾰν Il.16.465, Hp.Mul.1.64, 2.137, Nat.Mul.5, 6, al. (codd. opt.), Call.Fr.106 codd., Nic.Al.270; dat. -ῃ Il. (v. infr.):—fem. Adj. (formed like γέραιρα) with comp. sense, lower, νειαίρῃ δ' ἐν γαστρί in the lower part of the belly, Il.5.539,616, cf. Hp. ll.cc.; νείαιραν σάρκα Nic. l.c.:—also νέαιρα, νέαιραν γνάθον Simon. 244. II Subst., ἡ νείαιρα the abdomen, βάρος ἐν νειαίρῃ Hp.Coac. 579, cf. Call. l.c.; cf. νειρός (A). (Cogn. with νέατος (A): orig. perh. Νήαιρα, whence νέαιρα (lengthd. to νείαιρα in text of Hom.), contr. Νῇρα, whence νεῖρα.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 236] ἡ (eine Art comparat. zu νέος, vgl. νείατος); bei Hom. nur in der Vrbdg νείαιρα γαστήρ, der untere Theil des Bauches, der Unterleib, IL. 5, 539. 16, 485. 17, 519 (vgl. ὕστερος); σάρξ, Nic. Al. 270; bei Hippocr. subst. ἡ ν., der Unterleib, νείαιραν εἰς πλευράν, Eur. Rhes. 794.
