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νέω

νέω, to swim

νέω2, to spin

νέω3, to heap, pile, heap up

νέω4, [(Dor.) next year]

νέω (A), νεῖ Pl. R. 453d, νέομεν Pi. Fr. 218 codd. Ath.; inf. νεῖν Epich. 53, Th. 7.30; part. νέων Od. 5.344, Pl. R. 529c: impf. ἔνεον Ar. Eq. 321; Ep. ἔννεον Il. 21.11; poet. νέον Alc. 143: fut. νεύσομαι Hsch., νευσοῦμαι v.l. in X. An. 4.3.12: aor. ἔνευσα (δι-) Pl. Prm. 137a, (ἐξ-) E. Hipp. 470, Th. 2.90: pf. νένευκα (δια-) Pl. R. 441c:—
  • swim, χείρεσσι νέων Od. 5.344; ἷξε νέων ib. 442; νέειν οὐκ ἐπιστάμενοι Hdt. 8.89, cf. 6.44; οὔτε ἐπιστ. νεῖν Th. 7.30; νεῖν οὐκ ἴσαντι Epich. l.c.
      • 2 metaph., of shoes that are too large, ἔνεον ἐν ταῖς ἐμβάσιν was floating in my shoes, as if they were boats, Ar. Eq. 321; νεῖν ἐξ ὑπτίας, v. ὕπτιος II. fin. (Prob. cogn. with νάω, Lat. nare.)
νέω (B), fut. νήσω: aor. 1 ἔνησα:—Pass., aor. ἐνήθην: pf. νένησμαι (ἐπι-) Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 14:—
  • spin, Hom. only aor. Med., ἅσσα οἱ κατὰ Κλῶθες νήσαντο the happenings which they spun out to him, Od. 7.198; of a spider, νῇ νήματα Hes. Op. 777; στήμονα μακρὸν ἔνησα Batr. 183; πέπλους τε νῆσαι S. Fr. 439; στήμονα νήσω Ar. Lys. 519; νῶσαι μαλθακωτάτην κρόκην Eup. 319; τὰ νηθέντα Pl. Plt. 282e: 3 pl. νῶσι occurs in Ael. NA 7.12 (as if from νάω), cf. Poll. 7.32, 10.125, EM 344.1; and Hsch. cites νῶντα· νήθοντα; in Eup. l.c. Meineke restores νῆσαι for νῶσαι. (Cf. Lat. neo ‘spin’, OHG. nāan ‘sew’, etc.)
νέω (C), fut. νήσω Suid.: aor. ἔνησα (v. infr.):—Med., fut. (in pass. sense) νήσομαι Hsch. (v. infr.): aor. ἐνησάμην Polyaen. 8.65:— Pass., aor. ἐνήσθην Arr. An. 7.3.2, Porph. Abst. 2.54, also ἐνήθην (ἐπ-) prob. in Hdn. 4.2.10: pf. νένημαι IG 2(2).1522.23 (iv B.C.), X. (v. infr.), perh. also νένησμαι (v. infr.); Ion. 3 pl. νενέαται (συν-) Hdt. 2.135; 3 sg. plpf. ἐνένηστο Ael. VH 5.6: pres. only in compds. ἐπι-, περινέω (qq.v.):—
  • heap, pile up, πυρὴν νῆσαι pile a funeral pyre, Hdt. 1.50, cf. Ar. Lys. 269, Th. 2.52, Porph. l.c. (Pass.); νήσαντες ξύλα E. HF 243; ἀμφορῆς νενησμένοι Ar. Nu. 1203; ἄρτοι νενημένοι X. An. 5.4.27; νῶντος, glossed σωρεύοντος, Phot.
    • II in Pass., to be stuffed, c. gen., νενημένην χοῖρον πολλῆς φορίνης Herod. 4.15; cf. νησόμεθα· κορεσθησόμεθα, Hsch. (Contr. from νηέω, q.v.)
νέω (D), Dor. Adv., in the phrase ἐς νέω,
  • = εἰς νέωτα, next year, Riv.Fil. 56.266 (Cyrene, dub.), v.l. in Theoc. 15.143 (cf. Riv.Fil. 56.413); εἰς νέων dub. in BGU 958c13 (iii A.D.).

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