ναίω

ναίω, poet. Verb, [voice] Act. (intr.) only in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. ([dialect] Ep.

A

ναίεσκον Il.5.708

), [tense] fut. and [tense] aor. in causal and [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass. forms, v. infr. 11, 111:

1 of persons, dwell, abide, mostly folld. by a Prep. of Place, ἐν Λῃ, etc., Il.l.c., etc.;

ῥοῇς ἔπι Σαγγαρίοιο 16.719

;

ἐπ' ἄκρων ὀρέων S. OT1105

(lyr.);

κατὰ πτόλιν Il.2.130

;

ἀν' οὔρεα Hes.Th.130

;

πὰρ ποταμόν Il.2.522

;

ὑπὸ Πλάκῳ 6.396

: c. dat. loci,

αἰθέρι ναίων 2.412

, Hes. Op.18, etc.;

ν. μετά τινος S.Ph.1105

(lyr.): metaph., τὴν σὴν δ' ὁμοῦ ναίουσαν [ὀργήν] Id.OT338;

τὰν ἀρετὰν ναίειν ἐπὶ πέτραις Simon.58

: with Adv., [

κακότης] ἐγγύθι ναίει Hes.Op.288

;

ἵνα αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι A.Pr.794

. b. c. acc. loci, dwell in, inhabit, οἰκία, δώματα, Od.20.288, Hes.Op.8, cf. Pi.P.7.5, al.; ἅλα, πλάκας ὀρέων, E.Hel.1584, Ba. 719; freq. with place-names, Il.2.615, Alex.22, etc.: metaph., Πειθὼ ναίει καὶ Χάρις υἱὸν Ἄγησίλα dub. in Pi.Fr.123.10; of the statues of gods,

πρόπυλα ναίουσιν τάδε S.El.1375

:—[voice] Pass., to be inhabited, Id.Fr. 1125 (in [tense] aor. ἐνάσθη), etc.;

πολίταις Theoc.16.88

;

ὑπ' ἀνδράσι A.R.1.794

.

2 of places, lie, be situated, once in Hom.,

νήσων αἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἁλός Il.2.626

;

ὦ κλεινὰ Σαλαμίς, σὺ μέν που ναίεις ἁλίπλακτος S. Aj.598

(lyr.).

II causal, in [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. ἔνασσα or νάσσα, [voice] Med. ἐνασσάμην:

1 c. acc. loci, give one to dwell in, καί κέ οἱ Ἄργεϊ νάσσα πόλιν I would have given him a town in Argos for his home, Od.4.174; make habitable, build,

νηὸν ἔνασσαν h.Ap.298

; settle,

Εὔβοιαν ἕλον καὶ ἔνασσαν Pi.Pae.5.36

:—in [voice] Med., found,

μυρία δ' ἄστη νάσσατ' ἐποιχόμενος A.R.4.275

:—in [voice] Pass., of places, like [voice] Act.1.2, to be situated,

πολίων εὖ ναιομενάων Il.3.400

, al.

2 c. acc. pers., let one dwell, settle him,

ἐν Ἄργει ἔνασσεν Ἡρακλέος ἐκγόνους Pi.P.5.71

:— in [voice] Med.,

νάσσατο κούρην A.R.4.567

.

III [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass. in act. sense, [tense] fut.

νάσσομαι Id.2.747

: [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. 1

νάσσατο Hes.Op.639

, Dem.Bith.6, Philet.24; later [ per.] 3pl.

ναιήσαντο D.P.349

: [tense] pf.

νένασται IG14.1389i8

; part.

νενασμένος D.P.264

: [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. ἐνάσθην, πατὴρ ἐμὸς Ἄργεϊ νάσθη my father settled at Argos, Il.14.119.—More freq. in Compos. with ἀπό, κατά.