νεοσσός,
Att. νεοττ-, ὁ, (νέος)
1. young bird, nestling, chick, Il. 2.311, 9.323, S. Ant. 425, Ar. Av. 835, [Luk 2:24], etc.; ἀπτῆνες ν. Plu. 2.48a.
2. any young animal, as a young crocodile, Hdt. 2.68; of young children, A. Ch. 256, 501, E. Alc. 403 (lyr.), al., Pl. Lg. 776a: fem., ἦν νεοττὸς καὶ νέα (sc. Lais) Epicr. 3.15: in pl., young bees, X. Oec. 7.34, Arist. HA 624a22; Ἄρεως ν., of the cock, Ar. Av. 835 (also ironically, of a person, Pl.Com. 104): collective, ἵππου ν. the horse’s brood, A. Ag. 825.
3. yolk of an egg, Arist. HA 565a3, Orac. ap. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.344; cf. νεοττίον. - The disyll. form νοσσός is cited in AB 109 from A. Fr. 113 and occurs in S. Oxy. 2081 (b) Fr. 3: this and cogn. forms (commonly found in later Gr.) are condemned as ἀδόκιμα by Phryn. 182.
νοσσός nossos 1x
also spelled νεοσσός, the young of birds, a young bird, chick, [Luk 2:24]
G3502 — νεοσσός
and (so T WH, see νοσσία) νοσσός, νεοσσου, ὁ (νέος), a young (creature), young bird: [Luk 2:24]. The form νοσσός appears in the Vaticanus text of the Sept.; but in the Alexandrian manuscript everywhere νεοσσός; cf. Sturz, De dial. Maced., p. 185f; Lob. ad Phryn. p. 206f; (cf. Winers Grammar, 24). (In Greek writings from Homer down; the Sept. often for בֵּן, of the young of animals, as [Lev 12:6], [Lev 12:8]; [Job 38:41].)
νοσσός
( νεοσσός , Rec. , as in cl . Att. . - ττός ; Phryn. rejects the dissyl. form), - οῦ , ὁ
( < νόος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H1121;]
a young bird: [Luk 2:24] ( LXX ). †
νεοσσός , see νοσσοός .