νεοσσός

νεοσσός, Att. νεοττ-, ὁ, (νέος)

• young bird, nestling, chick, Il. 2.311, 9.323, S. Ant. 425, Ar. Av. 835, Ev.Luc. 2.24, etc.; ἀπτῆνες ν. Plu. Aud. 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.

νεοσσός, ὁ, att. νεοττός, das junge, neugeborne Tier ; gew, von Vögeln, Il. 2.311, 9.323 ; Aesch. Spt. 508 ; Soph. Ant. 421 ; νεοττῶν γέννησιν καὶ τροφήν, Plat. Legg. VI.776a ; Ar. Av. 1350 u. sonst ; auch von anderen Tieren, z.B. ἵππου, Aesch. Ag. 799 ; Bienenbrut, Xen. Oec. 7.34. – Auch von Menschen, das junge Kind ; Her. 3.109 ; Eur. Alc. 414 u. öfter ; vgl. Aesch. Ch. 254, 494 ; Epicrat. bei Ath. XII.570c ; Plut. u. Luc. Bei Men. auch vom Eidotter. – (Die Ableitung einiger Alten von νέος u. ὄσσεσθαι ist sicher falsch. Men. brauchte es auch zweisilbig, s. Meineke quaest. Men. 19.)

νεοσσός

-οῦ, ὁ

[νέος.]

A young bird, a nestling : στρουθοῖο νεοσσοί Il. 2.311. Cf. Il. 9.323.

νεοσσός (νέος): young (bird), fledgling. (Il.)

νεοσσός, Attic νεοττός, οῦ, ὁ, νέος

• • • 1a young bird, nestling, chick, Il., Soph., etc.
    • 2any young animal, as a young crocodile, Hdt.; of young children, Aesch., Eur.