1. νηδύς · nēdys — Chantraine
The corpus record
νηδύς
nedus
estomac, la région de l
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Where it lives
- Theogony 5 · 7.26/10k
- Bacchae 3 · 3.99/10k
- Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
- Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
- Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
- Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
- Histories 8 · 0.44/10k
- Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
What it meant
2. νηδύς · nēdys — Frisk
3. νηδύς · nēdys — LSJ
any of the cavities in the body, Hp. de Arte 10: hence,
stomach, Od. 9.296, Hes. Th. 487, S. OC 1263, etc.
belly, paunch, Il. 13.290, Hdt. 2.47.
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.
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.).
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.]
Where it came from
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. νηδύς (scan p. 767; entry #5627).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. νηδύς (scan p. 1286; entry #4089).