νεοσσ-εύω,
Attic dialect νεοττ-, Ionic dialect and Hellenistic νοσσεύω, hatch, ἐνεόττευσεν γένος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 699. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 build a nest, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 559a4, etc.; μελιττῶν ἐν τῷ στήθει τοῦ λέοντος νενοσσευκότων 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.8.6: _metaphorically_, [σοφία] θεμέλιον αἰῶνος ἐνόσσευσε LXX.Sir.1.15:—] LXX+4th c.BC+]passive, ὅσα ἦν νενοσσευμένα ὀρνίθων γένεα as many as had their nests, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.159. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]