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νήθουσα

nethousa

spin

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What it meant

1. νήθουσα · nēthousa — Beekes

νήθουσα [f.] plant name (PMag. Par.). *ETYM Probably a Pre-Greek word; see Fur.: 197°. Details in Stromberg 1940: 106. νήθω ‘spin’. Ξ’νέω 2. vijic, -ἰδος, -ἰδα (adj.] ‘unknowing, nescius’ (since H 198, 0 179). <2 eV AR Secondarily acc. -v. *ETYM Perhaps contains the prefix » νη-, which arose by reanalysis of the original privative prefix *n- (cf. νηκερδής) and a root noun *uid-. — [Beekes, s.v. νήθουσα, p. 1066]

2. νήθουσα · nēthousa — LSJ

plant

apptly. name of a plant, PMag.Par. 1.2307.

Where it came from

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