νεάτη [ᾰ](sc.χορδή),ἡ, Dor.
νεάτα
Philol. 6 :—
A. the lowest of the three stringswhich formed the framework of the musical scale (opp.μέση, ὑπάτη), butthe highestin pitch, Cratin. 134 , Pl. R. 443d :— contr.
νήτη
Arist. Ph. 224b34 , Metaph. 1018b28 , 1057a23 , Alex.Eph. ap.Theon.Sm. p.140 H., etc.: in pl.,ἐπὶ τὰς νήτας . . ἀναβαίνειν,in declamation, Anty ll. ap. Orib. 6.10.23 . (Orig. fem. ofνέατος(A).)