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νεοσσ-ιά , Ion. νεοσσ-ιή , Att. νεοττιά , later νοσσιά , Ion. νεοσσ-ιή , ἡ,
A.nest of young birds, Id.3.111, Ar.Av.642, Pl.R.548a, Thphr.CP 4.5.7 (in the form νοσσιῶν); νεοττιὰς ποιεῖσθαι, νεοττιὰν ποιεῖν, Arist. HA613b6, 618a8.
2. brood of young birds, Lycurg.132, Dsc.Eup. 1.21, Ev.Luc.13.34; “ν. χελιδόνων” Men.Pk.278: metaph., “ν. τέκνων” Com.Adesp.873 (= Trag.Adesp.189).
3. lair, “ἐφ᾽ ἧς ἀλώπηξ νοσσιὴν πεποίηται” Herod.7.72.
4. beehive, LXX 4 Ma.14.19.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 642
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.111
    • Lycurgus, Against Leocrates, 132
    • New Testament, Luke, 13.34
    • Plato, Republic, 548a
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