νεύω
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”). Cognate with Latin nutō (“to nod”), Sanskrit नवते (návate) and Proto-Germanic *neudaz (“desire, need”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /něu̯.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈne.wo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈne.βo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈne.vo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈne.vo/
Verb
[edit]νεύω • (neúō)
- to nod, beckon, as a sign
- to nod or bow in token of assent
- to grant, promise, assure
- (of warriors) to nod, bend forward
- to incline, slope, tend
- (figuratively) to decline, fall away, diminish
Conjugation
[edit] Present: νεύω, νεύομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | νεύω | νεύεις | νεύει | νεύετον | νεύετον | νεύομεν | νεύετε | νεύουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | νεύω | νεύῃς | νεύῃ | νεύητον | νεύητον | νεύωμεν | νεύητε | νεύωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | νεύοιμῐ | νεύοις | νεύοι | νεύοιτον | νευοίτην | νεύοιμεν | νεύοιτε | νεύοιεν | |||||
imperative | νεῦε | νευέτω | νεύετον | νευέτων | νεύετε | νευόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | νεύομαι | νεύῃ, νεύει |
νεύεται | νεύεσθον | νεύεσθον | νευόμεθᾰ | νεύεσθε | νεύονται | ||||
subjunctive | νεύωμαι | νεύῃ | νεύηται | νεύησθον | νεύησθον | νευώμεθᾰ | νεύησθε | νεύωνται | |||||
optative | νευοίμην | νεύοιο | νεύοιτο | νεύοισθον | νευοίσθην | νευοίμεθᾰ | νεύοισθε | νεύοιντο | |||||
imperative | νεύου | νευέσθω | νεύεσθον | νευέσθων | νεύεσθε | νευέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | νεύειν | νεύεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | νεύων | νευόμενος | ||||||||||
f | νεύουσᾰ | νευομένη | |||||||||||
n | νεῦον | νευόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔνευον | ἔνευες | ἔνευε(ν) | ἐνεύετον | ἐνευέτην | ἐνεύομεν | ἐνεύετε | ἔνευον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐνευόμην | ἐνεύου | ἐνεύετο | ἐνεύεσθον | ἐνευέσθην | ἐνευόμεθᾰ | ἐνεύεσθε | ἐνεύοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | νεύσω | νεύσεις | νεύσει | νεύσετον | νεύσετον | νεύσομεν | νεύσετε | νεύσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
optative | νεύσοιμῐ | νεύσοις | νεύσοι | νεύσοιτον | νευσοίτην | νεύσοιμεν | νεύσοιτε | νεύσοιεν | |||||
middle | indicative | νεύσομαι | νεύσῃ, νεύσει |
νεύσεται | νεύσεσθον | νεύσεσθον | νευσόμεθᾰ | νεύσεσθε | νεύσονται | ||||
optative | νευσοίμην | νεύσοιο | νεύσοιτο | νεύσοισθον | νευσοίσθην | νευσοίμεθᾰ | νεύσοισθε | νεύσοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | νευθήσομαι | νευθήσῃ | νευθήσεται | νευθήσεσθον | νευθήσεσθον | νευθησόμεθᾰ | νευθήσεσθε | νευθήσονται | ||||
optative | νευθησοίμην | νευθήσοιο | νευθήσοιτο | νευθήσοισθον | νευθησοίσθην | νευθησοίμεθᾰ | νευθήσοισθε | νευθήσοιντο | |||||
active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
infinitive | νεύσειν | νεύσεσθαι | νευθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
participle | m | νεύσων | νευσόμενος | νευθησόμενος | |||||||||
f | νεύσουσᾰ | νευσομένη | νευθησομένη | ||||||||||
n | νεῦσον | νευσόμενον | νευθησόμενον | ||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “νεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νεύω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νεύω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN