The corpus record

νεοσσ-ιά

neossia · ἡ

nest of young birds

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Where it lives

Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Discourses 4 · 0.54/10k
Numeri 1 · 0.43/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

νεοσσ-ιά · neoss-ia — LSJ

nest of young birds

nest of young birds, Hdt. 3.111, Ar. Av. 642, Pl. R. 548a, Thphr. CP 4.5.7 (in the form νοσσιῶν); νεοττιὰς ποιεῖσθαι, νεοττιὰν ποιεῖν, Arist. HA 613b6, 618a8.

2 brood of young birds

brood of young birds, Lycurg. 132, Dsc. Eup. 1.21, Ev.Luc. 13.34; ν. χελιδόνων Men. Pk. 278: metaph., ν. τέκνων Com.Adesp. 873 (= Trag.Adesp. 189).

3 lair

lair, ἐφʼ ἧς ἀλώπηξ νοσσιὴν πεποίηται Herod. 7.72.

4 beehive

beehive, LXX 4 Ma. 14.19.

In the wild

νεοττιάν · neottian Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 516)
νεοσσιαί · neossiai Epictetus, Discourses 1.28 (DIORISIS sentence 1521)
νεοσσιαὶ · neossiai Epictetus, Discourses 1.28 (DIORISIS sentence 1541)
νεοσσιὰ · neossia Epictetus, Discourses 1.28 (DIORISIS sentence 1523)
νεοσσιὰς · neossias Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5283)
νεοσσιὰς · neossias Herodotus, Histories 3.111.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3722)

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Where it came from

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