νεάτη

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ] (sc. χορδή), ἡ, Dor. νεάτα Philol.6:—

   A the lowest of the three strings which formed the framework of the musical scale (opp. μέση, ὑπάτη), but the highest in pitch, Cratin.134, Pl.R.443d:— contr. νήτη Arist.Ph.224b34, Metaph.1018b28, 1057a23, Alex.Eph. ap.Theon.Sm.p.140 H., etc.: in pl., ἐπὶ τὰς νήτας . . ἀναβαίνειν, in declamation, Anty ll. ap. Orib.6.10.23. (Orig. fem. of νέατος (A).)