Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • προσδιαλέγηται καὶ προσκαθίζῃ ὡσ Σωκράτησ ἐκεί ξιιμ πρινξιπιβπσ �ἰρισ νοισ; (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 1 4:1)
  • "καὶ καθόλου διαλέγεσθαι τοῖσ νοισ μᾶλλον ἢ τοῖσ φλυαροῦσι χαλεπαίνομεν δῆλον γὰρ ὅτι δόλοσ τῷ σχήματι προσέσται τῷ κατὰ τὸ σκῶμμα, λοιδόρημα δὲ εἶναι καὶ πεποιημένον ἐκ παρασκευῆσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 2, 8:3)

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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