νηττάριον
From LSJ
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
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.
