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νέᾰτος

neatos1

uttermost, lowest

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What it meant — LSJ

uttermost, lowest, the lowest part of, extreme, outermost, lowest, on the border, to be situated

uttermost, lowest, Hom. (who uses the νει- form exc. in Il. 11.712, 9.153, 295), always of Space, the lowest part of . . , ν. ἀνθερεών, κενεών, ὦμος, Il. 5.293, 857, 15.341; extreme, outermost, ὄρχος Od. 7.127; ἀστράγαλος Il. 14.466; ν. πείρατα γαίης 8.478; ὑπαὶ πόδα ν. Ἴδης the lowest slope of Ida, 2.824; ἐκ ν. πυθμένος εἰς κορυφήν Sol. 13.10; πόδες ν. the feet, Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.140; νείατον ἰνίον A.R. 3.763, cf. 2.166: c. gen., ν. ἄλλων Il. 6.295; πόλις νεάτη Πύλου on the border of Pylos, 11.7

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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