any of the cavities
νηδύς,ύος,ἡ,
A. any of the cavitiesin the body, Hp. de Arte 10 : hence,
1. stomach,
Od. 9.296 , Hes. Th. 487 , S. OC 1263 , etc.
2. belly, paunch,
Il. 13.290 , Hdt. 2.47 .
3. bowels,
A. Ch. 757 , Hp.
Aër.
19 , etc.; ἐξελεῖν τὴν νηδύν
Hdt. 2.87
; as the seat of thirst, τέγξας ἄδιψον νηδύν
E. Cyc. 574
; ἄρδῃ τε νηδύν
Id. Supp. 207
.
4. womb,
Il. 24.496 , Hes. Th. 460 , A. Eu. 665 , etc.; also of Zeus when in travail of Athena, Hes. Th. 890 , 899 ; of Dionysus, E. Ba. 527 (lyr.).
5. metaph., ν. νάρθηκος
Nic. Al. 272
; λέβητος
Orph. L. 276
.—Acc.νηδύαforνηδύνin Q.S. 1.616 ; dat. pl. νηδύσι
Nic. Th. 467
. [ῠin trisyll. cases, alsoνηδῠς
A. Ch. l.c., Call. Dian. 160 ,νηδῠν
E. Andr. 356 , Cyc. 574 : butνηδῡν
AP 9.519 ( Alc. ), Nic. Al. 416 , Orph. l.c.]
