LOGOI

The corpus record

νάω

nao

flow, was running with, to be watered

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What it meant — LSJ

flow, was running with, to be watered, dwell

flow, ἐν δὲ κρήνη νάει Od. 6.292; καὶ φρείατα μακρὰ νάουσιν Il. 21.197; ὄφρʼ ἂν ὕδωρ τε νάῃ Epigr. ap. Pl. Phdr. 264d; οἴνῳ Ἁχελῷος ἆρα νᾷ S. l.c.; ὕδατι νᾶε was running with . . , A.R. 1.1146; νᾶεν φόνῳ Call. Dian. 224:—Pass., to be watered, νᾱομένοισι τόποις Nic. Fr. 74.58. [ᾰ in Hom. and presupposed by νᾷ, νῶντας, cf. ἀέναος: ᾱ v.l. in Od. 9.222, always in late Ep. exc. Euph. 23; ναῖον (so Aristarch. and some codd.) δʼ ὀρῷ ἄγγεα πάντα is prob. correct in Od. l.c., cf. ἔναιεν ἐν ἅλμῃ (with pun

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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