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ν1ΝαασώνNaason, NahshonProper name. This man, sixth [in descent] from Judah, took a daughter of Aaron as wife. So it is important to note that the kingly tribe was there[by] joined to the priestly.highshort
ν2Νάβαnava, boatAmong Romans [sc. this is the name for] the ferry-boat. In many [instances] the Roman word appears to differ little from the Greek: for naus and naba [are] similar.highshort
ν3ΝαβάταιNabatans, NabateansAn Arabic people. "He sent [word] to [the] Arabs, the so-called Nabatans." Also [sc. attested is] Nabataeans, an ethnic [designation]. Nabatos, they say, was born in Arabia Felix. From some such person [sc. came …highshort
ν4Νάβλαnabla, nablas, navlaA type of [sc. musical] instrument.highshort
ν5ΝάβιςNabis[Genitive] Nabidos. Tyrant of [the] Spartans.highshort
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
ν8Ναέταιinhabitants[Meaning] settlers.highshort
ν9ΝαζαρηνόςNazarene[Someone] from Nazareth of Galilee.highshort
ν10ΝαζιραῖοςNazarite[Meaning] he who is pleasing to God, and has been dedicated to him; a monk. One must note that when Claudius was emperor of Rome Peter the Apostle ordained Evodius in Antioch, and the …highshort
ν11ΝάζιςNazisAn ethnic [designation].highshort
ν12ΝαζωραῖοςNazoraean[Meaning] he [who hails] from Nazareth.highshort
ν13Νάειwells up[Meaning he/she/it] drips, flows.highshort
ν14ΝαΐδεςNaiads[Meaning] springs; or Nymphs who dwell by the streams.highshort
ν15Νάϊνονnaval (?)[no gloss]highshort
ν16ΝαΐςNaisA certain courtesan, whom Lysias and Aristophanes mention. In Wealth, [it is] obvious that where we find "does Nais not love Philonides on account of you?", this certain people have failed to recognize and …highshort
ν17Νάκηνfleece[Meaning a] sheep's skin.highshort
ν18ΝάκληNakle, NacleA city near Heliopolis; in which [are found] the so-called Aphaka. On this see further in "chi" under "Christodoros."highshort
ν19ΝακώλειαNakoleia, NacoliaA place-name. It should be noted that this Phrygian city is commonly derived from the nymph Nakole; whence also Nakolaion, the same [city]; just as nymphaion from nymph. The ethnic designation [of a citizen …highshort
ν20ΝακώνηNakone, NaconeA city of Sicily, according to the author of the Ethnika.highshort
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
ν22Νακοτίλταιshearers[Meaning] the cutters of the sheep.highshort
ν23Νᾶμαflow[Meaning] drinking water. "A place irrigated by flowing waters".highshort
ν24ΝάννακοςNannacus, NannakosA man of ancient times, [who came] before Deukalion. They say that this man was king before Deukalion. Foreseeing the imminent inundation, he brought everyone together into the shrine and made supplication while weeping. …highshort
ν25ΝάννιονNannionApollodorus in the [treatise] On the Courtesans says that this courtesan is referred to as Goat because of her having eaten up Thallos the shopkeeper; for goats love a shoot. She is also mentioned …highshort
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
ν29Ναόςtemple[no gloss]highshort
ν30ΝαπάταιNapatai, Napatae, NapataA city of Libya near Ethiopia. The citizen [sc. of it is called a] Napataian.highshort