νάω
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nao"
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ναίω (naíō)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”). Cognate with Ναϊάς (Naïás), Νηρεύς (Nēreús), Latin nō, Sanskrit स्नौति (snauti, “to flow; drip”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nǎː.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ná.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
Inflection
Present: νᾱ́ω, νᾱ́ομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | νᾱ́ω | νᾱ́εις | νᾱ́ει | νᾱ́ετον | νᾱ́ετον | νᾱ́ομεν | νᾱ́ετε | νᾱ́ουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | νᾱ́ω | νᾱ́ῃς | νᾱ́ῃ | νᾱ́ητον | νᾱ́ητον | νᾱ́ωμεν | νᾱ́ητε | νᾱ́ωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | νᾱ́οιμῐ | νᾱ́οις | νᾱ́οι | νᾱ́οιτον | νᾱοίτην | νᾱ́οιμεν | νᾱ́οιτε | νᾱ́οιεν | |||||
| imperative | νᾶε | νᾱέτω | νᾱ́ετον | νᾱέτων | νᾱ́ετε | νᾱόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | νᾱ́ομαι | νᾱ́ῃ, νᾱ́ει |
νᾱ́εται | νᾱ́εσθον | νᾱ́εσθον | νᾱόμεθᾰ | νᾱ́εσθε | νᾱ́ονται | ||||
| subjunctive | νᾱ́ωμαι | νᾱ́ῃ | νᾱ́ηται | νᾱ́ησθον | νᾱ́ησθον | νᾱώμεθᾰ | νᾱ́ησθε | νᾱ́ωνται | |||||
| optative | νᾱοίμην | νᾱ́οιο | νᾱ́οιτο | νᾱ́οισθον | νᾱοίσθην | νᾱοίμεθᾰ | νᾱ́οισθε | νᾱ́οιντο | |||||
| imperative | νᾱ́ου | νᾱέσθω | νᾱ́εσθον | νᾱέσθων | νᾱ́εσθε | νᾱέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | νᾱ́ειν | νᾱ́εσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | νᾱ́ων | νᾱόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | νᾱ́ουσᾰ | νᾱομένη | |||||||||||
| n | νᾶον | νᾱόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Imperfect: νᾶον, νᾱόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | νᾶον | νᾶες | νᾶε(ν) | νᾱ́ετον | νᾱέτην | νᾱ́ομεν | νᾱ́ετε | νᾶον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | νᾱόμην | νᾱ́ου | νᾱ́ετο | νᾱ́εσθον | νᾱέσθην | νᾱόμεθᾰ | νᾱ́εσθε | νᾱ́οντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- νᾶμᾰ (nâma)
- νασμός (nasmós)
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 971
- “νάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νάω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νάω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “νάω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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