νῆττα
νῆττα, a duck
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νήσσης Noun: feminine genitive singular of νῆττα
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.)
νῆττα, νηττάριον, etc. v. νῆσσα, νησσάριον, etc.
νῆττα, ἡ, att. = νῆσσα, Ar. Av. 566.
νῆττα
- a duck, Lat. anas (gen. a-nat-is), Hdt., Ar., etc.