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νείαιρα

neiaira

lower, the lower part of, abdomen

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What it meant

νείαιρᾰ · neiaira — LSJ

lower, the lower part of

fem. Adj. (formed like γέραιρα) with comp. sense, lower, νειαίρῃ δʼ ἐν γαστρί in the lower part of the belly, Il. 5.539, 616, cf. Hp. ll.cc.; νείαιραν σάρκα Nic. l.c.:—also νέαιρα, νέαιραν γνάθον Simon. 244.

II abdomen

Subst., ἡ νείαιρα the abdomen, βάρος ἐν νειαίρῃ Hp. Coac. 579, cf. Call. l.c.; cf. νειρός (A). (Cogn. with νέατος (A): orig. perh. *νήαιρα, whence νέαιρα (lengthd. to νείαιρα in text of Hom.), contr. *νῇρα, whence νεῖρα.)

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