- νηδύς
- νηδύς, ύος, ἡ,A any of the cavities in the body, Hp.de Arte10: hence,1 stomach, Od.9.296, Hes.Th.487, S.OC1263, 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
. [[pron. full] ῠ in trisyll. cases, also νηδῠς A.Ch.l.c., Call.Dian.160, νηδῠν E.Andr.356, Cyc. 574: but νηδῡν AP9.519 (Alc.), Nic.Al.416, Orph. l.c.]
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