νεύω

νεύω, Il. 13.133, etc.: fut. νεύσω Od. 16.283, etc.: aor. ἔνευσα, Ep. νεῦσα (v. infr.): pf. νένευκα E. IA 1581, etc. (fut. Med. νεύσομαι only in compds.):—A. incline in any direction: 1. nod, beckon, as a sign, νεύσω μέν τοι ἐγὼ κεφαλῇ Od. 16.283; νεῦσʼ Αἴας Φοίνικι Il. 9.223, cf. Od. 17.330; νεῦσαν ἐς ἀλλήλους h.Hom. 7.9; ὅρκος βέβαιός ἐστιν ἂν νεύσω μόνον Alex. 91, cf. 178.3; beckon with the hand, δεξιᾷ δέ μοι ἔνευσε Ezek. Exag. 73: c. inf., beckon to one to do a thing, in token of command, νεανίαις ἔνευσε παρθένον λαβεῖν E. Hec. 545. 2. nod or bow in token of assent, ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ν. Pi. I. 8(7).50; νεῦσον, Κρονίων Id. P. 1.71; νεῦσον, τέκνον, πείσθητι S. Ph. 484, cf. Ar. Pax 883: c. acc. et inf., grant, assure, promise that . . , νεῦσε δέ οἱ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι Il. 8.246: c. inf. fut., Pi. O. 7.67: c. inf. aor., AP 6.244 (Crin.): c. acc. rei, grant, promise, νεῦσε δέ οἱ κούρην h.Cer. 445, cf. 463; νεύσατε τὰν ἀδόκητον χάριν S. OC 248 (lyr.), cf. E. Alc. 978 (lyr.). 3. generally, nod, bend forward, of warriors, Il. 13.133; νεῦον τὸ αἰδοῖον Hdt. 2.48; λόφος καθύπερθεν ἔνευεν Il. 3.337, cf. Alc. 15.3, etc.; στάχυες νεύοιεν ἔραζε Hes. Op. 473, etc.; ν. κάτω stoop, E. El. 839; ν. ἐς τὴν γῆν Ar. V. 1110, cf. Theoc. 22.90: c. acc., οὕτω νῦν μνηστῆρες . . νεύοιεν κεφαλὰς δεδμημένοι Od. 18.237; ἐς πέδον κάρα νεῦσαι φόβῳ S. Ant. 270, cf. 441. 4. incline, slope, ν. ἀπό τινος εἴς τι incline to wards, Th. 4.100; εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ν. tend to the same point, Pl. Lg. 945d; πρὸς τὸ λυπῆσαν, πρὸς τοῖς ῥήμασιν, Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.48,78; of countries, etc., slope, ν. εἰς δύσεις, πρὸς τὸ πέλαγος, Plb. 1.42.6, 1.73.5, etc.; of buildings, etc., look, face, εἰς νότον, etc., PLond. 3.978 (iv A.D.), etc.; μηδαμοῦ ν. to be in equilibrium, Plb. 6.10.7; ταῖς πρῴραις ἔξω νεύοντα τὰ σκάφη Id. 1.26.12: Geom., of straight lines, verge, tend to a point (i. e. to pass through it when produced), Arist. AP 0.76b9, Apollon.Perg. 1.2, etc.: metaph., to be inclined, ἄλλως ν. Theoc. 7.109; ν. εἰς ὀργάν, εἰς ἔλεον, APl. 16.136 (Antiphil.); ἐπὶ χάριν Phalar. Ep. 78; πρὸς γαστέρα Ath. 14.659a; πρὸς θῆλυ Trag.Adesp. 355. II. metaph., decline, fall away, ἐκ . . τῶν ποτε λαμπρῶν νεύει βίοτος, νεύει δὲ τύχα E. Fr. 153: in Neo-Platonic philosophy, decline, sink in the scale of Being, Plot. 2.9.4, etc. III. νεύει· ἐπανέρχεται ἢ μᾶλλον φεύγει, Hsch. IV. Pass., only pf. part. νενευμένος inclined, Teucer in Cat.Cod.Astr. 7.202. (Cf. Skt. návate ‘turn round’, Lat. nuo.)