νήχω

necho

swim

Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 9
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Book 5 4
Chapter ?

5364
5375
5399
5439
Book 7 2
Chapter ?

7276
7280
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14352
Book 23 2
Chapter ?

23233
23237

Dictionary (LSJ)

νήχω, Dor. νάχω (προσ-, q.v.):—A. swim, νηχέμεναι μεμαώς Od. 5.375; νῆχε ib.399; νῆχον πάλιν 7.280; νῆχον ἐπʼ ἄκρον ὕδωρ Hes. Sc. 317; νήχει Nic. Al. 590:—mostly Med. νήχομαι, part. νηχόμενος Od. 7.276, 14.352, Hes. Sc. 211; inf. νήχεσθαι Democr. 172: poet. impf. νήχοντο Titanomach. 4 (cj. for -οντες): fut. νήξομαι Od. 5.364, Timo 32: aor. ἐνήξατο Lyc. 76; part. νηξαμένη AP 9.36 (Secund.): the Med. forms alone used in later Prose, Plb. 3.84.9, 5.48.9, Plu. 2.1063b, Luc. Dom. 1, Ael. NA 3.11, and in compds. (fut. νήξω f.l. in Ael. NA 9.25).

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