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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Compare νέατος (néatos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neː.ó.tʰi/ → /niˈo.θi/ → /niˈo.θi/
Adverb
νειόθῐ • (neióthi)
- (Ionic) at the bottom
750 BCE – 650 BCE,
Hesiod,
Theogony 567:
- δάκεν δέ ἑ νειόθι θυμόν, Ζῆν’ ὑψιβρεμέτην
- dáken dé he neióthi thumón, Zên’ hupsibremétēn
- And Zeus, who thunders on high, was stung at the bottom of his heart.
- (Ionic) under, beneath
References
- “νειόθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νειόθι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νειόθι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νειόθι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νειόθι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963