νῆττα · nētta — LSJ
duck
duck, Hdt. l.c., Ar. Av. 566, etc.; νῆττα ἀργυρᾶ IG 22. 1436.53. (From ṇ-tyă, cf. Skt. ātis ‘water-fowl’, Lat. anas, anat-is, Lith. ántis ‘duck’, etc.)
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νῆττα
netta · ἡ
duck
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What it meant
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- νήττῃ · nēttēi Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 460)
- νῆτταί · nēttai Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 844)
- νήττας · nēttas Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 692)
- νήσσας · nēssas Herodotus, Histories 2.77.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2091)
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