νέομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *néhomai, from Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to join with, to conceal oneself, to recover”). Cognate with Νέστωρ (Néstōr), νόστος (nóstos), νίσομαι (nísomai), ναίω (naíō), ναιετάω (naietáō), νᾱός (nāós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /né.o.mai̯/ → /ˈne.o.mɛ/ → /ˈne.o.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /né.o.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.o.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.o.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.o.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈne.o.me/

Verb

νέομαι • (néomai) (Epic, Doric, rarely Tragic)

1. to make one's way, go, come, depart
   1. (of rivers) to flow
2. to go or come back or home, return

Inflection

   Present: νέομαι (Epic, uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	νέομαι	νέεαι	νέεται	νέεσθον	νέεσθον	νεόμε(σ)θᾰ	νέεσθε	νέονται
	subjunctive	νέωμαι	νέηαι	νέηται	νέησθον	νέησθον	νεώμε(σ)θᾰ	νέησθε	νέωνται
	optative	νεοίμην	νέοιο	νέοιτο	νέοισθον	νεοίσθην	νεοίμε(σ)θᾰ	νέοισθε	νεοίᾰτο
	imperative		νέεο	νεέσθω	νέεσθον	νεέσθων		νέεσθε	νεέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						νέεσθαι
participle	m					νεόμενος
	f					νεομένη
	n					νεόμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: νεῦμαι (Epic, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	νεῦμαι	νεῖαι/νέαι	νεῖται	νεῖσθον	νεῖσθον	νεύμε(σ)θᾰ	νεῖσθε	νεῦνται
	subjunctive	νέωμαι	νῇ	νῆται	νῆσθον	νῆσθον	νεώμε(σ)θᾰ	νῆσθε	νέωνται
	optative	νεοίμην	νέοιο	νέοιτο	νέοισθον	νεοίσθην	νεοίμε(σ)θᾰ	νέοισθε	νεοίᾰτο
	imperative		νεῦ	νείσθω	νεῖσθον	νείσθων		νεῖσθε	νείσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						νεῖσθαι
participle	m					νεύμενος
	f					νευμένη
	n					νεύμενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: νοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	νοῦμαι	νῇ	νεῖται	νεῖσθον	νεῖσθον	νούμεθᾰ	νεῖσθε	νοῦνται
	subjunctive	νῶμαι	νῇ	νῆται	νῆσθον	νῆσθον	νώμεθᾰ	νῆσθε	νῶνται
	optative	νοίμην	νοῖο	νοῖτο	νοῖσθον	νοίσθην	νοίμεθᾰ	νοῖσθε	νοῖντο
	imperative		νοῦ	νείσθω	νεῖσθον	νείσθων		νεῖσθε	νείσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						νεῖσθαι
participle	m					νούμενος
	f					νουμένη
	n					νούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: νεόμην (Epic, uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	νεόμην	νέου	νέετο	νέεσθον	νεέσθην	νεόμε(σ)θᾰ	νέεσθε	νέοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: νεύμην (Epic, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	νεύμην	νεῖο/νέο	νεῖτο	νεῖσθον	νείσθην	νεύμε(σ)θᾰ	νεῖσθε	νεῦντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: νούμην (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	νούμην	νοῦ	νεῖτο	νεῖσθον	νείσθην	νούμεθᾰ	νεῖσθε	νοῦντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἀνανέομαι (ananéomai)
• ἀπονέομαι (aponéomai)
• διανέομαι (dianéomai)
• εἰσνέομαι (eisnéomai)
• μετανέομαι (metanéomai)
• παρανέομαι (paranéomai)
• προνέομαι (pronéomai)

 

Further reading

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 766
• “νέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νέομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νέομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “νέομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter