Aristotle Greek Lexicon νεοσσός

νεοσσός

neossos

young bird, nestling, chick

Appears 82 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νεοσσός, Att. νεοττ-, , (νέος) A. young bird, nestling, chick, Il. 2.311, 9.323, S. Ant. 425, Ar. Av. 835, Ev.Luc. 2.24, etc.; ἀπτῆνες ν. Plu. 2.48a. 2. 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 pl., young bees, X. Oec. 7.34, Arist. HA 624a22; Ἄρεως ν., of the cock, Ar. Av. 835 (also ironically, of a person, Pl.Com. 104): collective, ἵππου ν. the horseʼs brood, A. Ag. 825. 3. yolk of an egg, Arist. HA 565a3, Orac. ap. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.344; cf. νεοττίον.—The disyll. form νοσσός is cited in AB 109 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 ἀδόκιμα by Phryn. 182.

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