μέτασσαι

μέτασσαι, αἱ,

• = μεταγενεῖς, of lambs, χωρὶς μὲν πρόγονοι, χωρὶς δὲ μέτασσαι, χωρὶς δʼ αὖθʼ ἕρσαι, i.e. the early-born, those born later, and the freshlings or late-born, Od. 9.221:—
• also neut. τὰ μέτασσα thereafter, h.Merc. 125, cf. An.Ox. 1.280. (From μετά, after; cf. ἔπισσαι.)

μέτασσαι, αἱ (μέσος, vgl. περισσός u. περί), heißen Od. 9.221 die jungen Schafe, Lämmer, welche zwischen den Frühlingen, πρόγονοι, u. Spätlingen, ἕρσαι, in der Mitte stehen, die Mittleren ; vgl. 4.86, wo es heißt τρὶς γὰρ τίκτει μῆλα τελεσφόρον εἰς ἐνιαυτόν ; Suid. erkl. τὰ ὕπαρνα πρόβατα, aus Mißverstand der Stelle.

μέτασσαι

αἱ

[μετά. The later born.]

The later (lambs) Od. 9.221 (i.e. those born after the πρόγονοι and before the ἕρσαι).

μέτασσαι (μετά): of lambs, ‘middlings,’ i. e. yearlings, summer - lambs, those born in the second of the three bearings of the year, Od. 9.221, see Od. 4.86.