νεοσσ-ιά,
Ionic dialect νεοσσ-ιή, Attic dialect νεοττιά, later νοσσιά, Ionic dialect νοσσιή, ἡ, nest of young birds, [[ [prev. author] 3.111, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 642, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 548a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 4.5.7 (in the form νοσσιῶν)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νεοττιὰς ποιεῖσθαι, νεοττιὰν ποιεῖν, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 613b6, 618a8. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 brood of young birds, [[ 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 132, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.21, NT.Luke.13.34; ν. χελιδόνων 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 278: _metaphorically_, ν. τέκνων “Comica Adespota” 873 (= “Tragica Adespota” 189). ] NT+4th c.BC+]
__3 lair, ἐφ᾽ ἧς ἀλώπηξ νοσσιὴν πεποίηται [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.72. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 beehive, [[ LXX.4Mac.14.19. ] LXX]