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νέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νέω

Structure: νέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

to spin, spun

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	νῶ	νεῖς	νεῖ
	Dual		νεῖτον	νεῖτον
	Plural	νοῦμεν	νεῖτε	νοῦσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	νῶ	νῇς	νῇ
	Dual		νῆτον	νῆτον
	Plural	νῶμεν	νῆτε	νῶσιν*
Optative	Singular	νοῖμι	νοῖς	νοῖ
	Dual		νοῖτον	νοίτην
	Plural	νοῖμεν	νοῖτε	νοῖεν
Imperative	Singular		νεῖ	νείτω
	Dual		νεῖτον	νείτων
	Plural		νεῖτε	νούντων, νείτωσαν
Infinitive		νεῖν
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		νων νουντος	νουσα νουσης	νουν νουντος
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	νοῦμαι	νεῖ, νῇ	νεῖται
	Dual		νεῖσθον	νεῖσθον
	Plural	νούμεθα	νεῖσθε	νοῦνται
Subjunctive	Singular	νῶμαι	νῇ	νῆται
	Dual		νῆσθον	νῆσθον
	Plural	νώμεθα	νῆσθε	νῶνται
Optative	Singular	νοίμην	νοῖο	νοῖτο
	Dual		νοῖσθον	νοίσθην
	Plural	νοίμεθα	νοῖσθε	νοῖντο
Imperative	Singular		νοῦ	νείσθω
	Dual		νεῖσθον	νείσθων
	Plural		νεῖσθε	νείσθων, νείσθωσαν
Infinitive		νεῖσθαι
Participle		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Participle		νουμενος νουμενου	νουμενη νουμενης	νουμενον νουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	έ̓νουν	έ̓νεις	έ̓νειν*
	Dual		ἐνεῖτον	ἐνείτην
	Plural	ἐνοῦμεν	ἐνεῖτε	έ̓νουν
Middle/Passive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐνούμην	ἐνοῦ	ἐνεῖτο
	Dual		ἐνεῖσθον	ἐνείσθην
	Plural	ἐνούμεθα	ἐνεῖσθε	ἐνοῦντο

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

μὴ γὰρ οἰού σοὶ μὲν εἶναι ῥᾴδιον τηλικαῦτα πλοῖα κτᾶσθαι μήτε πριαμένῳ μήτε ναυπηγησαμένῳ, ἡμεῖσ δὲ οὐκ αἰτήσομεν παρὰ τῶν θεῶν ἐπὶ πολλοὺσ σταδίουσ ἀκμῆτεσ δύνασθαι νεῖν; (Lucian, 27:8)
καὶ τὰ μὲν ἡμέτερα μέτρια, τὸ μειράκιον δὲ τὸ ὡραῖον ἀποπνιγήσεται ἄθλιον νεῖν οὐκ ἐπιστάμενον. (Lucian, 34:3)
ἢν οὖν μετὰ τούτων ἐμβῆτε, δέδια μὴ ὕστερον μετανοήσητε, καὶ μάλιστα ὁπόσοι νεῖν οὐκ ἐπίστασθε. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 1:3)
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἤδη σφᾶσ κατὰ τὴν Ζάκυνθον εἶναι ἀπὸ ψιλῆσ τῆσ κεραίασ πλέοντασ, ἔτι καὶ σπείρασ τινὰσ ἐπισυρομένουσ, ὡσ τὸ ῥόθιον ἐπιδέχεσθαι τῆσ ὁρμῆσ, περὶ μέσασ νύκτασ οἱο͂ν ἐν τοσούτῳ σάλῳ ναυτιάσαντα τὸν Δάμωνα ἐμεῖν ἐκκεκυφότα ἐσ τὴν θάλασσαν εἶτα, οἶμαι, τῆσ νεὼσ βιαιότερον ἐσ ὃ ἐκεκύφει μέροσ ἐπικλιθείσησ καὶ τοῦ κύματοσ συναπώσαντοσ, ἐκπεσεῖν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐσ τὸ πέλαγοσ, οὐδὲ γυμνὸν τὸν ἄθλιον,^ ὡσ ἂν καὶ ῥᾷον δύνασθαι νεῖν. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 19:8)
σὺν θεῷ γὰρ οἶσθα νεῖν, εἰ καί τισ ἄλλοσ· (Lucian, 133:6)

Synonyms

to spin
- νήθω (to spin)

Derived

ἀνανέομαι (to mount up)
ἀπονέομαι (to go away, depart)
ἀπονέω (to unload, to throw off a load from)
διανέομαι (to go through)
διανέω (to swim across, to swim through)
εἰσνέομαι (to go into)
εἰσνέω (to swim into)
ἐκνέω (to swim out, swim to land, escape by swimming)
ἐπινέω (to allot by spinning)
ἐπινέω (to heap up or load with)
ἐπινέω (to float on the top)
κατανέω (to heap up)
νέομαι (to go or come, to go away or back, return)
νέω (to swim, I was floating)
νέω (to heap, pile, heap up)
περινέω (to pile round, to pile, round)
προσνέω (to swim to or towards)
συννέω (to pile or heap together, heap up)
συννέω (to swim together or with)

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

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νέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to spin

Derived

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νέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to spin

Derived

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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