νηδύς
nedys
any of the cavities
Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νηδύς, ύος, ἡ,
‹ All lexicon entries any of the cavities in the body, de Arte 10: hence,
1. stomach, Od. 9.296, Th. 487, OC 1263, etc.
2. belly, paunch, Il. 13.290, 2.47.
3. bowels, Ch. 757, Aër. 19, etc.; ἐξελεῖν τὴν νηδύν 2.87; as the seat of thirst, τέγξας ἄδιψον νηδύν Cyc. 574; ἄρδῃ τε νηδύν Supp. 207.
4. womb, Il. 24.496, Th. 460, Eu. 665, etc.; also of Zeus when in travail of Athena, Th. 890, 899; of Dionysus, Ba. 527 (lyr.).
5. metaph., ν. νάρθηκος Al. 272; λέβητος L. 276.—Acc. νηδύα for νηδύν in 1.616; dat. pl. νηδύσι Th. 467. [ῠ in trisyll. cases, also νηδῠς Ch. l.c., Dian. 160, νηδῠν Andr. 356, Cyc. 574: but νηδῡν AP 9.519 (), Al. 416, l.c.]