Νεῦμαι

I will return

Translated by Ioannis Doukas27 Dec 2007Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 30 words
Meaning I will come. Homer [writes]: "for in the morning I will return". [Instead] of a present there is ne/omai, [by contraction] neu=mai.1 He means to say 'I will come'.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νεῦμαι· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐλεύσομαι. Ὅμηρος· ἠῶθεν γὰρ νεῦμαι. ἐνεστῶτός ἐστι νέομαι, νεῦμαι. βούλεται δὲ εἰπεῖν ἐλεύσομαι.

Betacode
*neu=mai: a)nti\ tou= e)leu/somai. *(/omhros: h)w=qen ga\r neu=mai. e)nestw=to/s e)sti ne/omai, neu=mai. bou/letai de\ ei)pei=n e)leu/somai.

Notes (1)

  1. Quoted from Homer, Iliad 18.136 (web address 1). This entry draws on the corresponding scholia; see also glosses in Eustathius ad loc. and Hesychius nu388.
    See also nu 133, nu 134, nu 293.
  2. 1The verb ne/omai (= go, come) usually has a future sense. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

ν263Νέοις μὲν ἔργαyoung men should act (but) their elders adviseν264Νευθάνneuthanν265ΝεῦμαιI will returnν266Νεῦρα μάχηςsinews of battleν267Νευράνcord of sinew
Revision history3 revisions · last 7 Jun 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaked tr; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. added cross-references — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — Ioannis Doukas

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