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νέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νέω

Structure: νέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to spin, spun

Conjugation

Present 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

  • πρῶτα δ’ ἔκστησον φρενῶν, ἐνεὶσ ἐλαφρὰν λύσσαν· (Euripides, episode, trochees 12:4)
  • ἐνεὶσ δὲ πολλὰσ τῷ στρατιωτικῷ πλήθει διαβολὰσ κατὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ καὶ τὴν οὖσαν ὀργὴν ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐξερεθίσασ ᾐτεῖτο παρὰ τῶν δημάρχων ἄλλην ἡμέραν ἐκείνην γὰρ οὐκ ἐξαρκεῖν τῇ κατηγορίᾳ, τέσσαρασ ἔτι λοιπὰσ ὡρ́ασ ἔχουσαν. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 30 3:1)
  • ὡσ οὖν ἐπιβλέψαντι τὴν φάλαγγα τῷ Μαρκέλλῳ ταῦτα τῶν ὅπλων ἔδοξε κάλλιστα καὶ κατὰ τούτων ὑπέλαβε πεποιῆσθαι τῷ θεῷ τὴν κατευχήν, ὡρ́μησεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἄνδρα, καὶ τῷ δόρατι διακόψασ τὸν θώρακα καὶ συνεπερείσασ τῇ ῥύμῃ τοῦ ἵππου ζῶντα μὲν αὐτὸν περιέτρεψε, δευτέραν δὲ καὶ τρίτην πληγὴν ἐνεὶσ εὐθὺσ ἀπέκτεινεν. (Plutarch, Marcellus, chapter 7 2:1)
  • ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ κτεῖναι σὺν τοῖσ Τιτῆσι κολάζει, δέσμιον, ὡσ λῃστήν, εἰσ τὸ βάραθρον ἐνείσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 53 1:1)
  • ἀχρὰσ ἐήν θῆκασ σέο χερσὶ μυρίπνοον ὄχνην, δένδρῳ πτόρθον ἐνείσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 61)

Synonyms

  1. to spin

Derived

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

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