νηττάριον
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of νῆττα, duckling, used as a term of endearment, Ar. Pl. 1011, Men. 1041.
French (Bailly abrégé)
att. c. νησσάριον.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νηττάριον: [ᾰ], ὑποκορ. τοῦ νῆττα, «παπί», «παπάκι», ἐν χρήσει ὡς λέξις τρυφερᾶς ἀγάπης, «παπάκι μου», Ἀριστοφ. Πλ. 1011, Μένανδρ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 422.
Greek Monolingual
νηττάριον, τὸ (Α)
(αττ. τ.) βλ. νησσάριον.
Greek Monotonic
νηττάριον: [ᾰ], υποκορ. του νῆττα, μικρή πάπια, παπάκι, σε Αριστοφ.
Middle Liddell
[Dim. of νῆττα
a little duck, Ar.
German (Pape)
τό, att. = νησσάριον, dim. zu νῆττα, Ar. Plut. 1011; Ath. IX c. 52.