νεοσσός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. νεοττ-, ὁ, (νέος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[young bird]], [[nestling]], [[chick]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.311</span>, <span class="bibl">9.323</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>425</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>835</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>2.24</span>, etc.; ἀπτῆνες ν. Plu.2.48a. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">any young animal</b>, as a young crocodile, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.68</span>; of young children, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>256</span>, <span class="bibl">501</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>403</span> (lyr.), al., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>776a</span>: fem., <b class="b3">ἦν νεοττὸς καὶ νέα</b> (sc. Lais) <span class="bibl">Epicr.3.15</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">young bees</b>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Oec.</span>7.34</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>624a22</span>; <b class="b3">Ἄρεως ν</b>., of the cock, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>835</span> (also ironically, of a person, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.104</span>): collective, <b class="b3">ἵππου ν</b>. the horse's [[brood]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>825</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[yolk]] of an egg, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>565a3</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.344</span>; cf. [[νεοττίον]].—The disyll. form νοσσός is cited in <span class="title">AB</span>109 from <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>113</span> and occurs in S.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>2081 (<b class="b2">b) Fr</b>.3: this and cogn. forms (commonly found in later Gr.) are condemned as <b class="b3">ἀδόκιμα</b> by Phryn.182.</span>