νεύω

νεύω, Il.13.133, etc.: [tense] fut.

A

νεύσω Od.16.283

, etc.: [tense] aor. ἔνευσα, [dialect] Ep. νεῦσα (v. infr.): [tense] pf.

νένευκα E.IA1581

, etc. ([tense] fut. [voice] Med. νεύσομαι only in compds.):—incline in any direction:

1 nod, beckon, as a sign,

νεύσω μέν τοι ἐγὼ κεφαλῇ Od.16.283

;

νεῦσ' 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. [tense] fut., Pi.O.7.67: c. inf. [tense] aor., AP6.244 (Crin.): c. acc. rei, grant, promise,

νεῦσε δέ οἱ κούρην h.Cer.445

, cf. 463;

νεύσατε τὰν ἀδόκητον χάριν S.OC248

(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 to wards, 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.AP0.76b9, Apollon.Perg.1.2, etc.: metaph., to be inclined,

ἄλλως ν. Theoc.7.109

; ν. εἰς ὀργάν, εἰς ἔλεον, APl.4.136 (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 [voice] Pass., only [tense] pf. part. νενευμένος inclined, Teucerin Cat.Cod.Astr.7.202. (Cf. Skt. návate 'turn round', Lat. nuo.)