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νέατος

neatos

uttermost, lowest

Appears 15 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νέατος (A), Ep. νείᾰτος, η, ον, poet. Sup., A. uttermost, lowest, Hom. (who uses the νει- form exc. in Il. 11.712, 9.153, 295), always of Space, the lowest part of . . , ν. ἀνθερεών, κενεών, ὦμος, Il. 5.293,857, 15.341; extreme, outermost, ὄρχος Od. 7.127; ἀστράγαλος Il. 14.466; ν. πείρατα γαίης 8.478; ὑπαὶ πόδα ν. Ἴδης the lowest slope of Ida, 2.824; ἐκ ν. πυθμένος εἰς κορυφήν Sol. 13.10; πόδες ν. the feet, Orac. ap.Hdt. 7.140; νείατον ἰνίον A.R. 3.763, cf. 2.166: c. gen., ν. ἄλλων Il. 6.295; πόλις νεάτη Πύλου on the border of Pylos, 11.712; πᾶσαι δʼ ἐγγὺς ἁλὸς νέαται Πύλου ἠμαθόεντος 9.153,295 (wrongly expld. ap.Sch. as 3pl. pres. ind. (like κέαται) of ναίω, to be situated):— rare in Prose, τὰς νεάτας πλευράς Hp. Int. 27, and cf. νεάτη; contr. νῆτος· ἔσχατος, Hsch.; Arc. νήατος Schwyzer 664.10 (Orchom. Arc., iv B.C.). (The orig. form may be νήατος; with νείατος, νέατος, cf. εἵαται, ἕαται (v. ἧμαι), εἵως, ἕως, etc.; cf. νήϊστος, νείαιρα, νειόθεν, νειόθι.)
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