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νεύω, to nod

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νευούσας present active participle feminine accusative plural, present active participle feminine genitive singular of νεύω

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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.):—
  • 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 towards, 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. APo. 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.)

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