the lowest of the three strings, the highest
the lowest of the three strings which formed the framework of the musical scale (opp. μέση, ὑπάτη), but the highest in pitch, Cratin. 134, Pl. R. 443d:— contr. νήτη Arist. Ph. 224b34, Metaph. 1018b28, 1057a23, Alex.Eph. ap.Theon.Sm. p.140 H., etc.: in pl., ἐπὶ τὰς νήτας . . ἀναβαίνειν, in declamation, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.10.23. (Orig. fem. of νέατος (A).)