Νῶ
I heap up, I swim, I flow, I spin
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Oct 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
A verb, of which the[se] inflections are in use. [(A) The verb] nw= , [meaning] I pile up; out of which [comes] nh=sai , to pile up.1 Also nhdu/s ["stomach, womb"], [that] into which nourishment is piled up.2 [(B) The verb] nw= , [meaning] "I dive/swim;"3 out of which [come] nau=s ["ship"] and nh=ssa ["duck"]4 and nh=sos ["island"], that which has every part of it in a wet [place].5 [(C) The verb] nw= , [meaning] "I flow," of which the future tense [is] na/sw ;6 hence they call a wet place naro/n , and [from which comes the name] *nhreu/s .7 And (D) the fourth [verb is] nw= , [meaning] "I spin;"8 a derivative of it [is] the [verb] nh/qw , and the [noun] nh=ma .9
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νῶ· ῥῆμα. οὗ αἱ κινήσεις χρησταί. νῶ, τὸ σωρεύω· ἐξ οὗ νῆσαι, τὸ σωρεῦσαι. καὶ νηδύς, εἰς ἣν αἱ τροφαὶ σωρεύονται. νῶ, τὸ κολυμβῶ· ἐξ οὗ καὶ ναῦς καὶ νῆσσα καὶ νῆσος, ἡ πᾶν μέρος αὐτῆς ἐν ὑγρῷ ἔχουσα. νῶ, τὸ ῥέω, οὗ ὁ μέλλων νάσω· ὅθεν καὶ ναρόν φασι, τὸ ὑγρόν, καὶ Νηρεύς. καὶ τέταρτον νῶ, τὸ κλώθω· οὗ παράγωγον τὸ νήθω, καὶ τὸ νῆμα.
Betacode
*nw=: r(h=ma. ou(= ai( kinh/seis xrhstai/. nw=, to\ swreu/w: e)c ou(= nh=sai, to\ swreu=sai. kai\ nhdu/s, ei)s h(\n ai( trofai\ swreu/ontai. nw=, to\ kolumbw=: e)c ou(= kai\ nau=s kai\ nh=ssa kai\ nh=sos, h( pa=n me/ros au)th=s e)n u(grw=| e)/xousa. nw=, to\ r(e/w, ou(= o( me/llwn na/sw: o(/qen kai\ naro/n fasi, to\ u(gro/n, kai\ *nhreu/s. kai\ te/tarton nw=, to\ klw/qw: ou(= para/gwgon to\ nh/qw, kai\ to\ nh=ma.
Notes (9)
- This entry is lacking from mss AFV, and appears in the margin of ms M. Adler indicates it as an interpolation.
- 1
ne/w (C) in LSJ; older formnhe/w ; cf. nu 179, nu 302, nu 340. ↩ - 2nu 301. ↩
- 3
ne/w (A) in LSJ; cf. nu 103, nu 226, nu 290, nu 336, nu 531 ↩ - 4nu 338. ↩
- 5nu 343. ↩
- 6
na/w . ↩ - 7cf. nu 328. ↩
- 8
ne/w (B) in LSJ; cf. nu 290. ↩ - 9nu 316. ↩
Linked from7 entries
- ν103ΝέαιNeaiAn island near Lemnos ([sc. named] from the [verb] ne/w, [meaning] I dive/swim), to which, they say, Heracles swam. According to some, Philoctetes was bitten by a water-snake there. But Nea [is] a Mysian fortress. [Its]…
- ν179Νενημένηνheaped-up[nenhme/nhn] and nenhsme/nhn: [meaning] piled-up. Xenophon [writes]: "for you would find in the houses stores of last years' loaves heaped-up." And Aristophanes [writes]: "why are you sitting in a stupor, behaving like…
- ν226ΝέωI swim[Meaning] I dive/swim, and I go.
- ν302Νήεον ὕληνthey were heaping wood[Meaning] they were piling wood. Also [sc. attested is] nhh/sas ["he heaping"], [meaning] he piling/loading.
- ν328ΝηρεύςNereusThe sea god [of that name]. From the [verb] na/w, meaning I flow.
- ν340Νῆσαιto heap up[Meaning] to pile up. Also [sc. attested is] nh/sousi ["they will heap up"], [meaning] they will pile up. There is also [the aorist infinitive] nhh=sai with three syllables.
- ν531ΝῶεNoe, NoahA proper name. From the [verb] nw=, [meaning] "I dive/swim."
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