νεοσσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

νεοττός (neottós) — Attic
νοσσός (nossós)

Etymology

Formed from νέος (néos, “new”), probably after the example of περισσός (perissós, “extraordinary, prodigious”), ἔπισσαι (épissai) or μέτασσαι (métassai).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.os.sós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ne.osˈsos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ne.osˈsos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ne.osˈsos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ne.oˈsos/

Noun

νεοσσός • (neossós) m (genitive νεοσσοῦ); second declension

young bird, nestling, chick
any young animal
(in the plural) young bees
yolk of an egg

Declension

Second declension of ὁ νεοσσός; τοῦ νεοσσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νεοσσός ho neossós	τὼ νεοσσώ tṑ neossṓ	οἱ νεοσσοί hoi neossoí
Genitive	τοῦ νεοσσοῦ toû neossoû	τοῖν νεοσσοῖν toîn neossoîn	τῶν νεοσσῶν tôn neossôn
Dative	τῷ νεοσσῷ tōî neossōî	τοῖν νεοσσοῖν toîn neossoîn	τοῖς νεοσσοῖς toîs neossoîs
Accusative	τὸν νεοσσόν tòn neossón	τὼ νεοσσώ tṑ neossṓ	τοὺς νεοσσούς toùs neossoús
Vocative	νεοσσέ neossé	νεοσσώ neossṓ	νεοσσοί neossoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

νεοσσείᾱ (neosseíā)
νεόσσευσῐς (neósseusĭs)
νεοσσεύω (neosseúō)
νεοσσῐᾱ́ (neossĭā́)
νεοσσῐ́ον (neossĭ́on)
νεοσσῐ́ς (neossĭ́s)
νεοσσοκόμος (neossokómos)
νεοσσοποιέω (neossopoiéō)
νεοσσοποιῐ́ᾱ (neossopoiĭ́ā)
νεοσσοπῶλῐς (neossopôlĭs)
νεοσσοτροφέω (neossotrophéō)

Descendants

Greek: νεοσσός (neossós)