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Ancient Greek
Etymology
The formation is similar to ὀσφῦς (osphûs), δελφύς (delphús) and ἰξύς (ixús). The etymology remains unexplained.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛː.dýs/ → /niˈðys/ → /niˈðis/
Noun
νηδῠ́ς • (nēdús) f (genitive νηδῠ́ος); third declension
- (anatomy) any of the cavities in the body, hence:
- stomach
- belly, paunch
- intestine, bowels
- womb, uterus
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Further reading
- “νηδύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νηδύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νηδύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νηδύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νηδύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1015