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νέομαι

neomai

go

Appears 60 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νέομαι, contr. νεῦμαι, Il. 18.136: νείομαι v.l. in 23.76; 2 and 3sg. contr. νεῖαι, νεῖται, Od. 11.114, 14.152, etc.; 1pl. νεύμεθα Theoc. 18.56, A.R. 2.1153; 2pl. νέεσθε Id. 3.306, νεῖσθε E. Alc. 737; imper. νεῖο AP 7.472b (Leon.); subj. 2sg. νέηαι Il. 1.32; 1pl. νεώμεθα 2.236; opt. νεοίμην 14.335; inf. νέεσθαι 2.84, al., contr. νεῖσθαι Od. 15.88, Pi. P. 4.247, S. Ant. 33; part. νεόμενος E. El. 722 (lyr.), νεύμενος Call. Hec. 1.1.6, AP 9.96 (Antip. Thess.): Ep. impf. νεόμην Theoc. 25.207, νέοντο Il. 5.907:—A. go or come (mostly with fut. sense, to which the inf. is the most freq. exception), πάλιν ν. go back, freq. return, πάλιν οἶκόνδε ν. Il. 6.189, Od. 6.110; οὐ νέοντʼ ἄνευ στεφάνων Pi. N. 4.77; in Hom. always of persons, exc. ποταμοὺς δʼ ἔτρεψε νέεσθαι κὰρ ῥόον Il. 12.32; ἄνεμοι . . ἔβαν οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι 23.229: metaph., of the path of song, μακρά μοι νεῖσθαι κατʼ ἀμαξιτόν Pi. P. 4.247:—Constr.: mostly folld. by εἰς, πρός, ἐπί c. acc., ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν Il. 18.101; πρὸς δῶμα 14.335; ἐφʼ ἡμέτερα Od. 15.88; also by ὑπό c. acc., ὑπὸ ζόφον Il. 23.51; by ἐπί c. dat., 22.392: c. acc. only, 7.335.—Ep. Verb, rare in Trag. (v. supr.): once in early Prose, dub. l. in X. Cyr. 4.1.11: in late Prose, Dam. Pr. 81.—The Act. forms νέουσα h.Cer. 395, Dor. 3pl. fut. νησοῦντι Sophr. 101, are corrupt. (From νεσ-ομαι, cf. νόστος, Skt. násate ‘take as companion’.)
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