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νεάω

α-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεάω νεάσω

Structure: νεά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: ne/os

Sense

  1. to plough up anew, land new-ploughed

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular νέω νέᾳς νέᾳ
Dual νέᾱτον νέᾱτον
Plural νέωμεν νέᾱτε νέωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular νέω νέῃς νέῃ
Dual νέητον νέητον
Plural νέωμεν νέητε νέωσιν*
OptativeSingular νέῳμι νέῳς νέῳ
Dual νέῳτον νεῷτην
Plural νέῳμεν νέῳτε νέῳεν
ImperativeSingular νε͂ᾱ νεᾶτω
Dual νέᾱτον νεᾶτων
Plural νέᾱτε νεῶντων, νεᾶτωσαν
Infinitive νέᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
νεων νεωντος νεωσα νεωσης νεων νεωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular νέωμαι νέᾳ νέᾱται
Dual νέᾱσθον νέᾱσθον
Plural νεῶμεθα νέᾱσθε νέωνται
SubjunctiveSingular νέωμαι νέῃ νέηται
Dual νέησθον νέησθον
Plural νεώμεθα νέησθε νέωνται
OptativeSingular νεῷμην νέῳο νέῳτο
Dual νέῳσθον νεῷσθην
Plural νεῷμεθα νέῳσθε νέῳντο
ImperativeSingular νέω νεᾶσθω
Dual νέᾱσθον νεᾶσθων
Plural νέᾱσθε νεᾶσθων, νεᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive νέᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
νεωμενος νεωμενου νεωμενη νεωμενης νεωμενον νεωμενου

Future tense

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • νέατον τεκέων σώματα λεύσσω, νέατον . (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, strophe 23)
  • καὶ δικαίωσ τῷ κρατίστῳ ἀποδέδωκε τὴν ἄνω χώραν ἡ φύσισ, ὥσπερ κυβερνήτην ἐνιδρύσασα τῇ κεφαλῇ τὸν λογισμόν, ἔσχατον δὲ καὶ νέατον ἀποικίσασα πόρρω τὸ ἐπιθυμητικόν. (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 9, section 1 4:2)
  • ἣν οὖν τὸ ἔσχατον ἔχει πρὸσ τὸ πρῶτον ἀντίθεσιν καὶ τὸ νέατον πρὸσ τὸ ὕπατον, ταύτην τοῦ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ πρὸσ τὸ λογιστικὸν ἔχοντοσ, οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνωτάτω μὲν εἶναι καὶ πρῶτον ὕπατον δὲ μὴ εἶναι τὸ λογιστικὸν ἀλλ’ ἕτερον. (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 9, section 1 6:1)
  • τὸν γὰρ νέατον πρὸσ τὸν ὕπατον ἐκ διπλασίου λόγου ἡρμοσμένον τὴν διὰ πασῶν συμφωνίαν ἀποτελεῖν. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 237)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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