νεοσσός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[νεοττός]], ὁ, ([[νέος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[young]] [[bird]], [[nestling]], [[chick]], Il.2.311, 9.323, S.Ant.425, Ar.Av.835, Ev.Luc.2.24, etc.; ἀπτῆνες νεοσσοί Plu.2.48a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> any [[young]] [[animal]], as a young [[crocodile]], Hdt.2.68; of [[young]] [[children]], A.Ch.256, 501, E.Alc.403 (lyr.), al., Pl.Lg.776a: fem., [[ἦν]] νεοττὸς καὶ [[νέα]] (sc. Lais) Epicr.3.15: in plural, νεοσσοί = [[young]] [[bee]]s, X. Oec.7.34, Arist.HA624a22; [[Ἄρεως νεοσσός]], of the [[cock]], Ar.Av.835 (also ironically, of a person, Pl.Com.104): collective, [[ἵππου νεοσσός]] = the [[horse]]'s [[brood]], A.Ag.825.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[yolk]] of an [[egg]], Arist.HA565a3, Orac. ap. Chrysipp.Stoic.2.344; cf. [[νεοττίον]].—The disyll. form [[νοσσός]] is cited in AB109 from A.Fr.113 and occurs in S.Oxy.2081 (b) Fr.3: this and cogn. forms (commonly found in later Gr.) are condemned as [[ἀδόκιμος|ἀδόκιμα]] by Phryn.182.