Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *new- (to nod). Cognate with Latin nutō (to nod), Sanskrit नवते (návate) and Proto-Germanic *neudaz (desire, need).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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νεύω (neúō)

  1. to nod, beckon, as a sign
  2. to nod or bow in token of assent
  3. to grant, promise, assure
  4. (of warriors) to nod, bend forward
  5. to incline, slope, tend
  6. (figuratively) to decline, fall away, diminish

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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