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

 

• IPA^(key): /nǎː.ɔː/ → /ˈna.o/ → /ˈna.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nǎː.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈna.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈna.o/

 

• IPA^(key): /ná.ɔː/ → /ˈna.o/ → /ˈna.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ná.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈna.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈna.o/

Verb

νᾱ́ω • (nā́ō)

1. to flow (over)

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 (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