Νεῖσθαι
to swim
Translated by Nick Nicholas23 Sep 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to dive/swim.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νεῖσθαι· κολυμβᾶν.
Betacode
*nei=sqai: kolumba=n.
Notes
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ν272Νευσούμενοιabout to swim, in order to swim[Meaning they who are] about to dive/swim. Xenophon [writes]: "stripping, taking [sc. only] our knives, naked in order to swim, we were trying to cross over."
- ν290Νεῖνto swim[Meaning] to dive/swim, and to spin a thread. Arrian [writes]: "all those who were the lightest, and armed the lightest, and were the most adept at swimming, he ordered to start swimming out on his signal." And…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Jun 2013
- upgraded link — Catharine Roth
- expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaks and cosmeteics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Nick Nicholas