νηδύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ύος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[any of the cavities]] in the body, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">de Arte</span>10</span>: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[stomach]], <span class="bibl">Od.9.296</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>487</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1263</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[belly]], [[paunch]], <span class="bibl">Il.13.290</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.47</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[bowels]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>757</span>, Hp. Aër.19, etc.; ἐξελεῖν τὴν νηδύν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.87</span>; as the seat of thirst, τέγξας ἄδιψον νηδύν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>574</span>; ἄρδῃ τε νηδύν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>207</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[womb]], <span class="bibl">Il.24.496</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>460</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>665</span>, etc.; also of Zeus when in travail of Athena, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>890</span>,<span class="bibl">899</span>; of Dionysus, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>527</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> metaph., ν. νάρθηκος <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>272</span>; λέβητος <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">L.</span>276</span>.—Acc. <b class="b3">νηδύα</b> for <b class="b3">νηδύν</b> in <span class="bibl">Q.S.1.616</span>; dat. pl. νηδύσι <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>467</span>. [ῠ in trisyll. cases, also νηδῠς A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>l.c., <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>160</span>, νηδῠν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>356</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyc.</span> 574</span>: but νηδῡν <span class="title">AP</span>9.519 (Alc.), <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>416</span>, Orph. l.c.]</span>

|etymtx=-ύος<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Other forms: [[abdominal cavity]], [[abdomen]] (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: <b class="b3">-ύς</b>, second. <b class="b3">-ύς</b>; Schwyzer 463f.<br />Derivatives: With <b class="b3">ιο-</b>suffix <b class="b3">νήδυια</b> n. pl. [[intestines]] (P 524, A. R., Nic.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unexplained. Quite improbable hypotheses by Windisch IF 3, 84, Fick KZ 43, 149, Grošelj Razprave 2, 47 (to Germ., e.g. OWNo. [[nōt]] f. [[big net]], Goth. [[nati]] n. [[Netz]], Lat. [[nōdus]], IE <b class="b2">*ned-</b> 'turn together, tie together'); by Brugmann IF 11, 271ff. (to Lat. [[abdōmen]]). [The similarity with Etrusc. [[netsvis]] (Hammarström Glotta 11, 212 f., Schwyzer 62) is not really remarkable.] -- WP. 1, 777 a. 2, 328, W.-Hofmann s. [[nassa]] a. [[abdōmen]]. Ragot (RPh LXXIV(2000) 276) reminds of the remark by Meillet, Études sur l'étym. et le vocab. 2 (1905) 408f on OCS <b class="b2">nědra</b> [[κόλπος]] which could be from <b class="b2">*ned-</b>.