Νοσσικᾶς

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `the young of birds, also of other animals and man' (Il.); `yolk of an egg' (Arist.).

Other forms: also νοσσός (Schwyzer 253 w. lit.), Att. νεοττός.

Compounds: Some compp., e.g. ν(ε)οσσο-τροφέω (- ττ-) `rear young birds' (Ar.).

Derivatives: 1. Diminut.: ν(ε)οσσίον, - ττ- `chicken', also metaph. `yolk of an egg' (Ar., Arist., Thphr.); - σσίς, - ττίς f. `id.', also as PN (com., Arist., AP), as designation of a shoe (Herod. 7, 57; prob. from the PN). -- 2. collective ν(ε)οσσιή (Ion.), - ττιά (Att.), νοσσιά (hell.) `brood', also `lair' (Herod.), `beehive' (LXX). -- 3. Denomin. verb ν(ε)οσσεύω, - ττεύω `brood, nestle' (IA.) with νεοττεία, - ττευσις `brooding, nestle' (Arist.). -- 4. PN Νόσσος, Νοσσώ, Νοσσικᾶς (inscr.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Formation from νέος; cf. περισσός, ἔπισσαι, μέτασσαι. The last two are also semantically not far off; s. Schulze Kl. Schr. 675. To be rejected Brugmann IF 17, 351 ff.: from *νεο-κι̯-ος "(Germ.) Neulieger", compound with the zero grade of κεῖμαι. Cf. also Schwyzer 320, who calls it "unsicher"; DELG also keeps the possibility of a compound open. Unclear. - Prob. with a suffix -ti̯o- as in Hitt. apezzii̯as.

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