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., [[young bees]], <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>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">the young of birds, also of other animals and man</b> (Il.); [[yolk of an egg]] (Arist.).<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">νοσσός</b> (Schwyzer 253 w. lit.), Att. <b class="b3">νεοττός</b>.<br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ν(ε)οσσο-τροφέω</b> (<b class="b3">-ττ-</b>) <b class="b2">rear young birds</b> (Ar.).<br />Derivatives: 1. Diminut.: <b class="b3">ν(ε)οσσίον</b>, <b class="b3">-ττ-</b> [[chicken]], also metaph. [[yolk of an egg]] (Ar., Arist., Thphr.); <b class="b3">-σσίς</b>, <b class="b3">-ττίς</b> f. <b class="b2">id.</b>, also as PN (com., Arist., AP), as designation of a shoe (Herod. 7, 57; prob. from the PN). -- 2. collective <b class="b3">ν(ε)οσσιή</b> (Ion.), <b class="b3">-ττιά</b> (Att.), <b class="b3">νοσσιά</b> (hell.) [[brood]], also [[lair]] (Herod.), [[beehive]] (LXX). -- 3. Denomin. verb <b class="b3">ν(ε)οσσεύω</b>, <b class="b3">-ττεύω</b> [[brood]], [[nestle]] (IA.) with <b class="b3">νεοττεία</b>, <b class="b3">-ττευσις</b> [[brooding]], [[nestle]] (Arist.). -- 4. PN <b class="b3">Νόσσος</b>, <b class="b3">Νοσσώ</b>, <b class="b3">Νοσσικᾶς</b> (inscr.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Formation from <b class="b3">νέος</b>; cf. <b class="b3">περισσός</b>, <b class="b3">ἔπισσαι</b>, <b class="b3">μέτασσαι</b>. The last two are also semantically not far off; s. Schulze Kl. Schr. 675. To be rejected Brugmann IF 17, 351 ff.: from <b class="b3">*νεο-κι̯-ος</b> "(Germ.) Neulieger", compound with the zero grade of <b class="b3">κεῖμαι</b>. Cf. also Schwyzer 320, who calls it "unsicher"; DELG also keeps the possibility of a compound open. Unclear. - Prob. with a suffix -ti̯o- as in Hitt. apezzii̯as.