νείαιρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=acc. sg. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -ᾰν <span class="bibl">Il.16.465</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.64</span>, <span class="bibl">2.137</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl">6</span>, al. (codd. opt.), <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>106</span> codd., <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>270</span>; dat. -ῃ Il. (v. infr.):—fem. Adj. (formed like [[γέραιρα]]) with comp. sense, [[lower]], <b class="b3">νειαίρῃ δ' ἐν γαστρί</b> in <b class="b2">the lower part of</b> the belly, <span class="bibl">Il.5.539</span>,<span class="bibl">616</span>, cf. Hp. ll.cc.; νείαιραν σάρκα Nic. l.c.:—also νέαιρα, νέαιραν γνάθον <span class="bibl">Simon. 244</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Subst., <b class="b3">ἡ νείαιρα</b> the [[abdomen]], βάρος ἐν νειαίρῃ <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span> 579</span>, cf. Call. l.c.; cf. [[νειρός]] (A). (Cogn. with <b class="b3">νέατος</b> (A): orig. perh. <b class="b3">Νήαιρα</b>, whence <b class="b3">νέαιρα</b> (lengthd. to <b class="b3">νείαιρα</b> in text of Hom.), contr. <b class="b3">Νῇρα</b>, whence <b class="b3">νεῖρα</b>.) </span>