νεοσσός
neossos
young bird, nestling, chick
Appears 82 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νεοσσός, Att. νεοττ-, ὁ, (νέος) A. young bird, nestling, chick, Il. 2.311, 9.323, Ant. 425, Av. 835, Ev.Luc. 2.24, etc.; ἀπτῆνες ν. 2.48a. 2. any young animal, as a young crocodile, 2.68; of young children, Ch. 256, 501, Alc. 403 (lyr.), al., Lg. 776a: fem., ἦν νεοττὸς καὶ νέα (sc. Lais) 3.15: in pl., young bees, Oec. 7.34, HA 624a22; Ἄρεως ν., of the cock, Av. 835 (also ironically, of a person, 104): collective, ἵππου ν. the horseʼs brood, Ag. 825. 3. yolk of an egg, HA 565a3, Orac. ap. 2.344; cf. νεοττίον.—The disyll. form νοσσός is cited in AB 109 from Fr. 113 and occurs in Oxy. 2081 (b) Fr.3: this and cogn. forms (commonly found in later Gr.) are condemned as ἀδόκιμα by 182.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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