νεοσσιά
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
English (LSJ)
Ion. νεοσσ-ιή, Att. νεοττιά, later νοσσιά, Ion. νοσσιή, ἡ,
A nest of young birds, Id.3.111, Ar.Av.642, Pl.R.548a, Thphr.CP 4.5.7 (in the form νοσσιῶν); νεοττιὰς ποιεῖσθαι, νεοττιὰν ποιεῖν, Arist. HA613b6, 618a8. 2 brood of young birds, Lycurg.132, Dsc.Eup. 1.21, Ev.Luc.13.34; ν. χελιδόνων Men.Pk.278: metaph., ν. τέκνων Com.Adesp.873 (= Trag.Adesp.189). 3 lair, ἐφ' ἧς ἀλώπηξ νοσσιὴν πεποίηται Herod.7.72. 4 beehive, LXX 4 Ma.14.19.
German (Pape)
[Seite 244] ἡ, att, νεοττιά, das Rest mid den Jungen; Ar. Av. 841; Lycurg. 132; νεοσσιή, Her. 3, 112; Plat. Rep. VIII, 548 a, wo der Accent schwankt; auch die Jungen selbst, die Brut der Vögel.
