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νέω

neo

swim

Appears 283 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νέω (A), νεῖ Pl. R. 453d, νέομεν Pi. Fr. 218 codd. Ath.; inf. νεῖν Epich. 53, Th. 7.30; part. νέων Od. 5.344, Pl. R. 529c: impf. ἔνεον Ar. Eq. 321; Ep. ἔννεον Il. 21.11; poet. νέον Alc. 143: fut. νεύσομαι Hsch., νευσοῦμαι v.l. in X. An. 4.3.12: aor. ἔνευσα (δι-) Pl. Prm. 137a, (ἐξ-) E. Hipp. 470, Th. 2.90: pf. νένευκα (δια-) Pl. R. 441c:—A. swim, χείρεσσι νέων Od. 5.344; ἷξε νέων ib.442; νέειν οὐκ ἐπιστάμενοι Hdt. 8.89, cf. 6.44; οὔτε ἐπιστ. νεῖν Th. 7.30; νεῖν οὐκ ἴσαντι Epich. l.c. 2. metaph., of shoes that are too large, ἔνεον ἐν ταῖς ἐμβάσιν was floating in my shoes, as if they were boats, Ar. Eq. 321; νεῖν ἐξ ὑπτίας, v. ὕπτιος II. fin. (Prob. cogn. with νάω, Lat. nare.)
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