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ν6ΝαβουθαίNabouthai, NabothThis man lived in the time of Achab; [he was] from the city of Izaros, and had a neighboring field. King Achab asked him to sell him this field of his that was close …highmedium
ν7ΝαβουχοδονόσορNabouchodonosor, Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadrezzar, Nabu-kudurri-usurKing of Babylon, who founded the great city of Babylon and designed the cistern and above it the orchard (called the hanging gardens) and planted in it every sort of plant. His wife was …highmedium
ν21Νάκοςfleece[Meaning] a hairy skin, or a sheep's pelt. Properly the skin of the goat. Also [sc. attested is] kw/|dion and kw=os. But kw=as [is] the [skin] of the sheep. Josephus [writes]: "[he] having ordered …highmedium
ν26Νάνοςdwarf[Used] in reference to small [people], in Neoclides and Aristotle. And Theophrastus [writes]: "as [being] a dwarf and having large genitals." For dwarves have large genitals. Stunted human beings are called na/nnoi. Also nannofuei=s …highmedium
ν27ΝαξίαNaxia; Naxos, NaxusA city. Also [sc. attested is] 'Naxian stone', [meaning] the Cretan whetstone; for Naxos [is] a city of Crete. The man who wrote that Naxia [is] a city of Caria, of which the citizen …highmedium
ν28Ναξιουργὴς κάνθαροςNaxian-made kantharosThere were boats with such a name, kantharoi, made in Naxos; the ones they now call silphai, particular kinds of light craft. Cratinus says that once, when they were masters of the sea, [the] …highmedium
ν42ΝαρσῆςNarsesA general of [the] Romans; exceptionally intelligent, and energetic and capable of responding to any eventuality. He had little education and had not been schooled in the disciplines of oratory; on the other hand …highmedium
ν44Ναστόνfirm[sc. Something] thick, chunky, full, not having anything light [about it]. It differs from 'loose'. For 'loose' [means something] scarce, porous, or ascending, like a flame. Because it comes from the [phrase] mh\ e(/n …highmedium
ν50ΝαυάτοςNauatos, Novatus, NovatianThis man, being an elder of the Church in Rome, was separated [from it] when the bishop Cornelius received into communion the faithful who had sacrificed in the persecution which the emperor Decius had …highmedium
ν51ΝαυατιανοίNovatians[Meaning a type of] heretics, holders of the [doctrines] of Novatus. And Sisinnius became their bishop; an eloquent man, learned in sacred books and above criticism, but in his lifestyle luxurious and changeable. When …highmedium
ν57Ναυκραρίαnaukrary, naucraryDemosthenes in the [speech] Against Timocrates [sc. uses the word]. But perhaps, in the Atticizing writers, it is better taken as naukratitika/ ["of Naukratis"], so that [the adjective] would stem from a Naukratite vessel, …highmedium
ν69ΝαῦςshipArrian [writes]: "the emperor Trajan had 50 ships when he crossed the river [sc. Tigris]; 4 were carrying the imperial standards, and these were also pulling the flagship, attached by long cables. The ship …highmedium
ν86Ναυτοδίκαιnautodikai[The name for] magistrates trying lawsuits which involved ship-owners and those working in and around the port; just as nauphylakes are certain officials assigned to the security of the [war]ships. The nautodikai were a …highmedium
ν98Ναὶ μὰ τόνyes by the ..."Yes by my shriveled hide", that is skin. Callimachus in Hecale [sc. uses this phrase. He goes on]: "yes by this tree, dry though it is." The ancients were not inclined to swear by …highmedium
ν157Νεμεσητικόςdisposed to indignation, indignantThe opposite of jealous [fqonero/s]. For the jealous man is grieved at the prosperity of the good, since jealousy [fqo/nos] is like this. But the indignant man [nemeshtiko/s] is one who is grieved at …highmedium
ν163Νέμεσιςnemesis, Nemesis[Meaning] vengeance, justice, outrage, [divine] spite, chance. "[They] perceiving Nemesis, the executioner of braggarts, who pursued them with justice." And elsewhere: "[he] did not escape the notice of Nemesis who opposes all the arrogant, …highmedium
ν166Νέμειν προστάτηνto take a sponsorMeaning to have a sponsor; for each of the metics [sc. in classical Athens] manages his own affairs in conjunction with a sponsor who is one of the citizens, and pays the metic-tax. And …highmedium
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 stones, cipher[s], …highmedium
ν214Νεοττόςchick, nestling, yolk[Meaning] the yolk of an egg, and the reddish-yellow [part]. Menander in Andria [writes]: "and after this, my dearest, the yolk of four eggs." Clearchus in his book On Wines says: "the origin comes …highmedium
ν232Νεώνητονnew-bought[Meaning] recently purchased. For Kleon was not an Athenian by birth, but a recent arrival in the citizen body. It is apparent through this that the Athenians are being rebuked, that they should have …highmedium
ν234Νεώριαdockyards[Meaning] the anchorage of [= for] the ships. "[He] might burn down the dockyard." "A Boeotian man, attaching it to a beetle, might send it into the dockyard alight." A ti/fh ["beetle"], in the …highmedium
ν241Νέωταnext year[Meaning] the following year; that is, in the future. [It is derived], so they say, from e)/n, e)/nosta, and by deletion of the s e)/nota, and by transposition of the e and lengthening of …highmedium
ν260ΝεστόριοςNestorios, NestoriusAfter Manes and Paul and Apollinarios and Theodore there appeared Nestorios from Germanicia in Syria, who seized the [patriarchal] throne of Constantinople. Like Paul and Theodore his predecessors he misused the expression of the …highmedium
ν287Νεῖκοςquarrel[Meaning] a dispute with rebuke; but others [define it as] battle, rivalry, abuse. "[He] who shoots at me with useless contentiousnesses and quarrels". [He is] speaking by way of blame. Also [sc. attested is …highmedium
ν288ΝείλεωςNeileos, NeileusA proper name; [the one] which [is] also Neileus in common dialect or Neileus in Aeolic. A colony of his is reported [to have gone] into Asia. From, they say, the [word] ne/os ['new'] …highmedium
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 …highmedium
ν315Νηλιτήςnelites[Meaning] a sinner. And there is also a feminine form of this, the Nelitides, in [the] Odyssey; from the masculine nhli/ths with barytone accent. And the second syllable from the start, namely li, is …highmedium
ν356Νηφάλιος θυσίαsober sacrifice[A sober sacrifice] was offered among [the] Athenians to Mnemosyne, Dawn, Sun, Moon, Nymphs, Aphrodite Ourania, as Polemon says. And xu/la nhfa/lia ["sober timbers"] [is what they call timbers] which are not from grapevines …highmedium
ν375ΝικάνωρNicanor, NikanorSon of Hermias; an Alexandrian, a grammarian; lived under Caesar Hadrian, when Hermippus of Berytus also lived. [He wrote] On Punctuation in Homer and the Difference It Makes to Meaning, two books On Punctuation …highmedium
ν380ΝίκαιαNikaia, NicaeaName of a city of Bithynia; and by it flows a river called Pharnoutis. [sc. Originally] a colony of the Bottiaeans, it was also called Antigoneia, but changed its name to that of Nike, …highmedium