νῆττα

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ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶςlike the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat

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Full diacritics: νῆττα Medium diacritics: νῆττα Low diacritics: νήττα Capitals: ΝΗΤΤΑ
Transliteration A: nē̂tta Transliteration B: nētta Transliteration C: nitta Beta Code: nh=tta

English (LSJ)

Ep. and Ion. νῆσσα Hdt.2.77, Arat.918, Boeot. νᾶσσα Ar. Ach.875, ἡ:—

   A duck, Hdt.l.c., Ar.Av.566, etc.; νῆττα ἀργυρᾶ IG22. 1436.53. (From [nmacrnull]-tyă, cf. Skt. ātis 'water-fowl', Lat. anas, anat-is, Lith. ántis 'duck', etc.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 254] ἡ, att. = νῆσσα, Ar. Av. 566.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νῆττα: Ἐπικ. καὶ Ἰων. νῆσσα Ἡρόδ. 2. 77, Ἄρατ. 918, Βοιωτ. νᾶσσα Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 875, ἡ· - «πάπια», Ἡρόδ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ., Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 566, κτλ. (Ἡ ῥίζα φαίνεται ὅτι εἶναι ΑΝΑΤ· πρβλ. Λατ. anas, anat-is· Ἀρχ. Γερμ. anut (ente)· Λιθ. ánt-is.)