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νεύω

Non-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νεύω

Structure: νεύ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to nod or beckon, to beckon
  2. to nod or bow in token of assent, to promise that, to grant, promise
  3. to bow the head, bend forward, to stoop
  4. to incline, to incline

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular νεύω νεύεις νεύει
Dual νεύετον νεύετον
Plural νεύομεν νεύετε νεύουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular νεύω νεύῃς νεύῃ
Dual νεύητον νεύητον
Plural νεύωμεν νεύητε νεύωσιν*
OptativeSingular νεύοιμι νεύοις νεύοι
Dual νεύοιτον νευοίτην
Plural νεύοιμεν νεύοιτε νεύοιεν
ImperativeSingular νεύε νευέτω
Dual νεύετον νευέτων
Plural νεύετε νευόντων, νευέτωσαν
Infinitive νεύειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
νευων νευοντος νευουσα νευουσης νευον νευοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular νεύομαι νεύει, νεύῃ νεύεται
Dual νεύεσθον νεύεσθον
Plural νευόμεθα νεύεσθε νεύονται
SubjunctiveSingular νεύωμαι νεύῃ νεύηται
Dual νεύησθον νεύησθον
Plural νευώμεθα νεύησθε νεύωνται
OptativeSingular νευοίμην νεύοιο νεύοιτο
Dual νεύοισθον νευοίσθην
Plural νευοίμεθα νεύοισθε νεύοιντο
ImperativeSingular νεύου νευέσθω
Dual νεύεσθον νευέσθων
Plural νεύεσθε νευέσθων, νευέσθωσαν
Infinitive νεύεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
νευομενος νευομενου νευομενη νευομενης νευομενον νευομενου

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

  • ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰών, ἀνὰ δ’ ὀφρύσι νεῦον ἑκάστῳ, κλαίειν, ἀλλ’ ἐκέλευσα θοῶσ καλλίτριχα μῆλα πόλλ’ ἐν νηὶ βαλόντασ ἐπιπλεῖν ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 47:5)
  • ἀντὶ δὲ φαλλῶν ἄλλα σφι ἐστὶ ἐξευρημένα, ὅσον τε πηχυαῖα ἀγάλματα νευρόσπαστα, τὰ περιφορέουσι κατὰ κώμασ γυναῖκεσ, νεῦον τὸ αἰδοῖον, οὐ πολλῷ τεῳ ἔλασσον ἐὸν τοῦ ἄλλου σώματοσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 48 3:2)
  • χαλκοῦν θώρακα ἐποιήσατο ἔχοντα ἐπὶ ἑκάστῃ τῶν φολίδων ἄγκιστρον ἐσ τὸ ἄνω νεῦον· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 26 11:1)
  • τὰ δὲ Πέλλανα ἕτερα τούτων ἐστί, Λακωνικὸν χωρίον, ὡσ πρὸσ τὴν Μεγαλοπολῖτιν νεῦον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 7 6:6)
  • εἶτα πρόεισιν εἰσ ὀξὺ ἀκρωτήριον τὸ Σαμώνιον ἐπὶ τὴν Αἴγυπτον νεῦον καὶ τὰσ Ῥοδίων νήσουσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 4 4:29)

Synonyms

  1. to nod or beckon

  2. to nod or bow in token of assent

  3. to bow the head

  4. to incline

Related

Derived

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

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