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ναίω

naio

dwell, abide

Appears 95 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ναίω, poet. Verb, Act. (intr.) only in pres. and impf. (Ep. ναίεσκον Il. 5.708), fut. and aor. in causal and Med. and Pass. forms, v. infr. II, III: 1. of persons, dwell, abide, mostly folld. by a Prep. of Place, ἐν Ὕλῃ, etc., Il. l.c., etc.; ῥοῇς ἔπι Σαγγαρίοιο 16.719; ἐπʼ ἄκρων ὀρέων S. OT 1105 (lyr.); κατὰ πτόλιν Il. 2.130; ἀνʼ οὔρεα Hes. Th. 130; πὰρ ποταμόν Il. 2.522; ὑπὸ Πλάκῳ 6.396: c. dat. loci, αἰθέρι ναίων 2.412, Hes. Op. 18, etc.; ν. μετά τινος S. Ph. 1105 (lyr.): metaph., τὴν σὴν δʼ ὁμοῦ ναίουσαν [ὀργήν] Id. OT 338; τὰν ἀρετὰν ναίειν ἐπὶ πέτραις Simon. 58: with Adv., [κακότης] ἐγγύθι ναίει Hes. Op. 288; ἵνα αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι A. Pr. 794. b. c. acc. loci, dwell in, inhabit, οἰκία, δώματα, Od. 20.288, Hes. Op. 8, cf. Pi. P. 7.5, al.; ἅλα, πλάκας ὀρέων, E. Hel. 1584, Ba. 719; freq. with place-names, Il. 2.615, Alex. 22, etc.: metaph., Πειθὼ ναίει καὶ Χάρις υἱὸν Ἄγησίλα dub. in Pi. Fr. 123.10; of the statues of gods, πρόπυλα ναίουσιν τάδε S. El. 1375:—Pass., to be inhabited, Id. Fr. 1125 (in aor. ἐνάσθη), etc.; πολίταις Theoc. 16.88; ὑπʼ ἀνδράσι A.R. 1.794. 2. of places, lie, be situated, once in Hom., νήσων αἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἁλός Il. 2.626; ὦ κλεινὰ Σαλαμίς, σὺ μέν που ναίεις ἁλίπλακτος S. Aj. 598 (lyr.). II. causal, in Ep. aor. ἔνασσα or νάσσα, Med. ἐνασσάμην: 1. c. acc. loci, give one to dwell in, καί κέ οἱ Ἄργεϊ νάσσα πόλιν I would have given him a town in Argos for his home, Od. 4.174; make habitable, build, νηὸν ἔνασσαν h.Ap. 298; settle, Εὔβοιαν ἕλον καὶ ἔνασσαν Pi. Pae. 5.36:—in Med., found, μυρία δʼ ἄστη νάσσατʼ ἐποιχόμενος A.R. 4.275:—in Pass., of places, like Act.1.2, to be situated, πολίων εὖ ναιομενάων Il. 3.400, al. 2. c. acc. pers., let one dwell, settle him, ἐν Ἄργει ἔνασσεν Ἡρακλέος ἐκγόνους Pi. P. 5.71:— in Med., νάσσατο κούρην A.R. 4.567. III. Med. and Pass. in act. sense, fut. νάσσομαι Id. 2.747: Ep. aor. 1 νάσσατο Hes. Op. 639, Dem.Bith. 6, Philet. 24; later 3pl. ναιήσαντο D.P. 349: pf. νένασται IG 14.1389i8; part. νενασμένος D.P. 264: aor. Pass. ἐνάσθην, πατὴρ ἐμὸς Ἄργεϊ νάσθη my father settled at Argos, Il. 14.119.—More freq. in Compos. with ἀπό, κατά.
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