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νῆττα

νῆττα, a duck

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νήσσαις Noun: feminine dative plural of νῆττα

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νῆττα, Ep. and Ion. νῆσσα Hdt. 2.77, Arat. 918, Boeot. νᾶσσα Ar. Ach. 875, ἡ:—
  • duck, Hdt. l.c., Ar. Av. 566, etc.; νῆττα ἀργυρᾶ IG 22. 1436.53. (From ṇ-tyă, cf. Skt. ātis ‘water-fowl’, Lat. anas, anat-is, Lith. ántis ‘duck’, etc.)

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