Liddell–Scott–Jones: μέτασσαι

μέτασσαι,αἱ,

A.

= μεταγενεῖς , of lambs,χωρὶς μὲν πρόγονοι, χωρὶς δὲ μέτασσαι, χωρὶς δ' αὖθ' ἕρσαι, i.e. the early-born,those born later, and the freshlings or late-born, Od. 9.221 :—also neut.τὰ