ναιετάω

naietao

dwell

Appears 35 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ναιετάω, in pres. forms, -άω Od. 9.23, -άει Hes. Th. 775, -άουσι Il. 4.45; freq. in part. ναιετάων, Od. 6.245, al., acc. -άοντα 4.96, etc., fem. -άωσα (v.l. -άουσα) Il. 2.648, 3.387, 6.415, Od. 1.404, 8.574 (-όωσα Aristarch.ad Il. 6.415): Ion. impf. ναιετάασκον Il. 2.841, etc.: (ναίω): 1. of persons, dwell, freq. in Ep.; τοὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ ναιετάουσι Od. 6.153, cf. Hes. Th. 564; ᾗ ἔνι ναιετάασκε Od. 15.385: c. dat. loci, Λακεδαίμονι ν. Il. 3.387; Κρήτῃ Od. 17.523; ὑπὸ χθονί Hes. Th. 621; ὑπὸ ὅροις, ἀμφὶ . . θέμεθλα ναιετάοντες, Pi. O. 6.78, P. 4.180. 2. c.acc. loci, dwell in, inhabit, Λάρισαν, Ἰθάκην, etc., Il. 2.841, Od. 9.21, etc.; δώματα Hes. Th. 816. II. of places, to be situated, lie, Il. 4. 45, Od. 9.23; of buildings, 2.400, al.: hence, exist, Ἰθάκης ἔτι ναιεταούσης 1.404.—Ep. and Lyr. word, once in Trag., in part. ναιετῶν cj. Dind. metri gr. in S. Ant. 1123 (lyr.).
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