The corpus record

ναιετάω

naietao

dwell, dwell in, inhabit, to be situated, lie

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Where it lives

Theogony 5 · 7.26/10k
Odyssey 22 · 2.53/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Iliad 13 · 1.17/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1 dwell

of persons, dwell, freq. in Ep.; τοὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ ναιετάουσι Od. 6.153, cf. Hes. Th. 564; ᾗ ἔνι ναιετάασκε Od. 15.385: c. dat. loci, Λακεδαίμονι ν. Il. 3.387; Κρήτῃ Od. 17.523; ὑπὸ χθονί Hes. Th. 621; ὑπὸ ὅροις, ἀμφὶ . . θέμεθλα ναιετάοντες, Pi. O. 6.78, P. 4.180.

2 dwell in, inhabit

c. acc. loci, dwell in, inhabit, Λάρισαν, Ἰθάκην, etc., Il. 2.841, Od. 9.21, etc.; δώματα Hes. Th. 816.

II to be situated, lie, exist

of places, to be situated, lie, Il. 4.45, Od. 9.23; of buildings, 2.400, al.: hence, exist, Ἰθάκης ἔτι ναιεταούσης 1.404.—Ep. and Lyr. word, once in Trag., in part. ναιετῶν cj. Dind. metri gr. in S. Ant. 1123 (lyr.).

In the wild

ναιετάουσιν · naietaousin Theogony 562–564
ναιετάουσιν · naietaousin Theogony 590–593
ναιετάοντες · naietaontes Theogony 621–623
ναιετάει · naietaei Theogony 775–776
ναιετάουσιν · naietaousin Theogony 815–816
ναιετάουςʼ · naietaousʼ Works and Days 388–390

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