νάω
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nao"
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nǎː.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ná.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈna.o/
Verb
νᾱ́ω • (nā́ō)
- to flow (over)
Conjugation
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/ |
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/ | ||||||||||||
| 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.
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Present: νῶ, νῶμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | νῶ | νᾷς | νᾷ | νᾶτον | νᾶτον | νῶμεν | νᾶτε | νῶσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | νῶ | νᾷς | νᾷ | νᾶτον | νᾶτον | νῶμεν | νᾶτε | νῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | νῴην, νῷμῐ |
νῴης, νῷς |
νῴη, νῷ |
νῷτον, νῴητον |
νῴτην, νῳήτην |
νῷμεν, νῴημεν |
νῷτε, νῴητε |
νῷεν, νῴησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | νᾶ | νᾱ́τω | νᾶτον | νᾱ́των | νᾶτε | νώντων | |||||||
| middle/ |
indicative | νῶμαι | νᾷ | νᾶται | νᾶσθον | νᾶσθον | νώμεθᾰ | νᾶσθε | νῶνται | ||||
| subjunctive | νῶμαι | νᾷ | νᾶται | νᾶσθον | νᾶσθον | νώμεθᾰ | νᾶσθε | νῶνται | |||||
| optative | νῴμην | νῷο | νῷτο | νῷσθον | νῴσθην | νῴμεθᾰ | νῷσθε | νῷντο | |||||
| imperative | νῶ | νᾱ́σθω | νᾶσθον | νᾱ́σθων | νᾶσθε | νᾱ́σθων | |||||||
| active | middle/ | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | νᾶν | νᾶσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | νῶν | νώμενος | ||||||||||
| f | νῶσᾰ | νωμένη | |||||||||||
| n | νῶν | νώμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: νᾶον, νᾱόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | νᾶον, ἔνᾱον |
νᾶες, ἔνᾱες |
νᾶε(ν), ἔνᾱε(ν) |
νᾱ́ετον, ἐνᾱ́ετον |
νᾱέτην, ἐνᾱέτην |
νᾱ́ομεν, ἐνᾱ́ομεν |
νᾱ́ετε, ἐνᾱ́ετε |
νᾶον, ἔνᾱον | ||||
| middle/ |
indicative | νᾱόμην, ἐνᾱόμην |
νᾱ́ου, ἐνᾱ́ου |
νᾱ́ετο, ἐνᾱ́ετο |
νᾱ́εσθον, ἐνᾱ́εσθον |
νᾱέσθην, ἐνᾱέσθην |
νᾱόμεθᾰ, ἐνᾱόμεθᾰ |
νᾱ́εσθε, ἐνᾱ́εσθε |
νᾱ́οντο, ἐνᾱ́οντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἔνων, ἐνώμην (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔνων | ἔνᾱς | ἔνᾱ | ἐνᾶτον | ἐνᾱ́την | ἐνῶμεν | ἐνᾶτε | ἔνων | ||||
| middle/ |
indicative | ἐνώμην | ἐνῶ | ἐνᾶτο | ἐνᾶσθον | ἐνᾱ́σθην | ἐνώμεθᾰ | ἐνᾶσθε | ἐνῶντο | ||||
| 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
- ᾱ̓είνᾱος (āeínāos)
- ᾱ̓εινᾱ́ως (āeinā́ōs)
- ᾱ̓είνως (āeínōs)
- ᾱ̓ένᾱος (āénāos)
- ᾱ̓ενᾰ́ων (āenắōn)
- ᾱ̓ενᾱ́ως (āenā́ōs)
- ᾱ̓έννᾱος (āénnāos)
- ᾱ̓εννᾱ́ως (āennā́ōs)
- αἰένᾱος (aiénāos)
- αἰενᾰ́ων (aienắōn)
- αἰενᾱ́ως (aienā́ōs)
- ᾰ̓μφῐνᾱ́ω (ămphĭnā́ō)
- δῐᾰνᾱ́ω (dĭănā́ō)
- εὐνᾱής (eunāḗs)
- εὐνᾱ́ων (eunā́ōn)
- κᾰλλῐ́νᾰος (kăllĭ́năos)
- νᾱέτωρ (nāétōr)
- νᾱθμός (nāthmós)
- Νᾱῐ̈ᾰ́ς (Nāĭ̈ắs)
- ναινεύρη (naineúrē)
- Νᾱῐ̈́ς (Nāĭ̈́s)
- νᾶμᾰ (nâmă)
- νᾱρός (nārós)
- νᾱσμός (nāsmós)
- νᾱτῆρες (nātêres)
- νᾱ́τωρ (nā́tōr)
- Νηῐ̈ᾰ́ς (Nēĭ̈ắs)
- Νηῐ̈́ς (Nēĭ̈́s)
- περῐνᾱ́ω (perĭnā́ō)
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 971
- “νάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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