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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

  • πολλὰ γὰρ πρὸ τούτου γενέσθαι δεῖ, καὶ προοδοποιῆσαι τῇ πόσει καὶ προπαρασκευάσαι ῥᾴδιον ἐσ ἰάσιν τὸ σῶμα καὶ τῆσ ἁπάσησ ἕξεωσ φροντίσαι κενοῦντα καὶ ἰσχναίνοντα καὶ οἷσ χρὴ τρέφοντα καὶ κινοῦντα ἐσ ὅσον χρήσιμον καὶ ὕπνουσ ἐπινοοῦντα καὶ ἠρεμίασ μηχανώμενον, ἅπερ οἱ μὲν ἄλλο τι νοσοῦντεσ ῥᾳδίωσ πεισθεῖεν ἄν, οἱ μεμηνότεσ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ νοῦ δυσάγωγοι καὶ δυσηνιόχητοι καὶ τῷ ἰατρῷ ἐπισφαλεῖσ καὶ τῇ θεραπείᾳ δυσκαταγώνιστοι. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 17:2)
  • [νου ἁμετ[έραν ἀ̣ (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 1 4:4)
  • καὶ μάν π]οτ’ ἐρειψιπύλαν παῖδ’ ἀνίκ]ατον λέγουσιν δῦναι Διὸσ] ἀργικεραύ‐ νου δώματα Φερσεφόνασ τανισφύρου, καρχαρόδοντα κύν’ ἄ‐ ξοντ’ ἐσ φάοσ ἐξ Αἴ̈δα, υἱὸν ἀπλάτοι’ Ἐχίδνασ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 5:1)
  • ἐπεὶ γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸσ ὅμοιά σοι κατηγόρει τῆσ ὀρχηστικῆσ, λέγων τοῦ αὐλοῦ καὶ τῶν συρίγγων καὶ τῶν κτύπων πάρεργόν τι τὸν ὀρχηστὴν εἶναι, μηδὲν αὐτὸν πρὸσ τὸ δρᾶμα συντελοῦντα, κινούμενον δὲ ἄλογον ἄλλωσ κίνησιν καὶ μάταιον, οὐδενὸσ αὐτῇ νοῦ προσόντοσ, τῶν δὲ ἀνθρώπων τοῖσ περὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα γοητευομένων,^· (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 63:2)
  • νεότησ μ’ ἐπῆρε καὶ θράσοσ τοῦ νοῦ πλέον. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 1:14)

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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