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νηδύς

νηδύς, the stomach

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νηδύν Noun: feminine accusative singular of νηδύς

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νηδύς, ύος, ἡ,
  • any of the cavities in the body, Hp. de Arte 10: hence,
      • 1 stomach, Od. 9.296, Hes. Th. 487, S. OC 1263, etc.
      • 2 belly, paunch, Il. 13.290, Hdt. 2.47.
      • 3 bowels, A. Ch. 757, Hp. Aër. 19, etc.; ἐξελεῖν τὴν νηδύν Hdt. 2.87; as the seat of thirst, τέγξας ἄδιψον νηδύν E. Cyc. 574; ἄρδῃ τε νηδύν Id. Supp. 207.
      • 4 womb, Il. 24.496, Hes. Th. 460, A. Eu. 665, etc.; also of Zeus when in travail of Athena, Hes. Th. 890, 899; of Dionysus, E. Ba. 527 (lyr.).
      • 5 metaph., ν. νάρθηκος Nic. Al. 272; λέβητος Orph. L. 276.—Acc. νηδύα for νηδύν in Q.S. 1.616; dat. pl. νηδύσι Nic. Th. 467. [ῠ in trisyll. cases, also νηδῠς A. Ch. l.c., Call. Dian. 160, νηδῠν E. Andr. 356, Cyc. 574: but νηδῡν AP 9.519 (Alc.), Nic. Al. 416, Orph. l.c.]

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