νήθω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɛ̌ː.tʰɔː/ → /ˈni.θo/ → /ˈni.θo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɛ̌ː.tʰɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne̝.tʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.θo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.θo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.θo/

Verb

νήθω • (nḗthō)

1. to spin

Inflection

   Imperfect: νήθεσκον, νηθεσκόμην (Ionic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	νήθεσκον	νήθεσκες	νήθεσκε(ν)	νηθέσκετον	νηθεσκέτην	νηθέσκομεν	νηθέσκετε	νήθεσκον
middle/ passive	indicative	νηθεσκόμην	νηθέσκου	νηθέσκετο	νηθέσκεσθον	νηθεσκέσθην	νηθεσκόμεθᾰ	νηθέσκεσθε	νηθέσκοντο
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.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: γνέθω (gnéthō)
  • Greek: γνέθω (gnétho)

References

• “νήθω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νήθω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νήθω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G3514 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible