νίσσομαι
nissomai
go, come
Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νίσσομαι or νίσομαι [ῑ], Il. 23.76, νίσσει (v.l. νίσῃ) Cyc. 43 (lyr.), νίσεται O. 3.34, νισσόμεθα Od. 10.42, νίσεσθε Ph. 1234, νίσονται Op. 237, Hel. 1483 (lyr.); part. νισόμενος Il. 13.186, 15.577, Od. 4.701, 5.19: impf. νίσσετο 2.824, νίσοντο Il. 12.119, 18.566: later pres. subj. νίσηται 3.412: aor. κατ-ενίσατο 7.65:— A. go, come, ll.cc.: with Preps. of motion, ἐκ πεδίου Il. 12.119; ἐπʼ ἀνθρώπους O. 3.10; ἐς ἑορτάν ib.34; ποτὶ Ἰσθμόν N. 5.37; πόλεμόνδε, οἴκαδε, Il. 15.577, Od. 4.701; ἐπὶ νηῶν ν. go by sea, Hes.l.c.; οὐρανόθεν ν. coming down from heaven, AP 6.265 (): c. acc. loci, χθόνα ν. Ph. 1234; ν. σκοπέλους Id.Cyc.l.c.; of birds, Hel. 1483 (lyr.); of fishes, 101 (v. infr.): mainly Ep. and Lyr., used by , once in trim. (Ph.l.c.).—Freq. spelt νείσσ-, νείσ- in codd., νεισ- also in Papyri of Fr. 1.45 P., 7.25, but νίσομαι Hdn.Gr.2.554, νισόμενος IG 12(1).202 (Astypalaea, iv/iii B.C.), 12(8).441.2 (Thasos, ii/i B.C.), ἐπι-νίσεται Pae.Delph. 6; imper. νίσεο Epigr. in Rev.Phil. 19.178 (i A.D.); and the Act. form νισοῦντι (νησοῦντι codd.) Sophr.l.c.:—later Gramm. (EM 606.12, 1288.56) wrongly dist. νίσσομαι pres., νίσομαι fut. (Perh. redupl. ni-ns-ομαι from νέ (ς) ομαι.)
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