ης (ἡ) s.-e. χορδή, PLAT. Rsp. 443 d ; par contract. νήτη, ARSTT. Phys. 5, 17, etc. ; PLUT. M. 1139 d, la dernière corde de la lyre, la corde au son le plus aigu.

Étym. fém. de νέατος.

(sc. χορδή), ἡ, Dor. νεάτα Philol. 6 : — the lowest of the three strings which formed the framework of the musical scale (opp. μέση, ὑπάτη), but the highest in 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. of νέατος¹.)