νάω

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nao"

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow, to swim”). Cognate with Ναϊάς (Naïás), Νηρεύς (Nēreús), Latin nō, Sanskrit स्नौति (snauti, “to flow; drip”).

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

νᾱ́ω • (nā́ō)

  1. to flow (over)

Inflection

   Present: νᾱ́ω, νᾱ́ομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative νᾱ́ω νᾱ́εις νᾱ́ει νᾱ́ετον νᾱ́ετον νᾱ́ομεν νᾱ́ετε νᾱ́ουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive νᾱ́ω νᾱ́ῃς νᾱ́ῃ νᾱ́ητον νᾱ́ητον νᾱ́ωμεν νᾱ́ητε νᾱ́ωσῐ(ν)
optative νᾱ́οιμῐ νᾱ́οις νᾱ́οι νᾱ́οιτον νᾱοίτην νᾱ́οιμεν νᾱ́οιτε νᾱ́οιεν
imperative   νᾶε νᾱέτω νᾱ́ετον νᾱέτων   νᾱ́ετε νᾱόντων
middle/
passive 		indicative νᾱ́ομαι νᾱ́ῃ,
νᾱ́ει 		νᾱ́εται νᾱ́εσθον νᾱ́εσθον νᾱόμεθᾰ νᾱ́εσθε νᾱ́ονται
subjunctive νᾱ́ωμαι νᾱ́ῃ νᾱ́ηται νᾱ́ησθον νᾱ́ησθον νᾱώμεθᾰ νᾱ́ησθε νᾱ́ωνται
optative νᾱοίμην νᾱ́οιο νᾱ́οιτο νᾱ́οισθον νᾱοίσθην νᾱοίμεθᾰ νᾱ́οισθε νᾱ́οιντο
imperative   νᾱ́ου νᾱέσθω νᾱ́εσθον νᾱέσθων   νᾱ́εσθε νᾱέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive νᾱ́ειν νᾱ́εσθαι
participle m νᾱ́ων νᾱόμενος
f νᾱ́ουσᾰ νᾱομένη
n νᾶον νᾱόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: νᾶον, νᾱόμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative νᾶον νᾶες νᾶε(ν) νᾱ́ετον νᾱέτην νᾱ́ομεν νᾱ́ετε νᾶον
middle/
passive 		indicative νᾱόμην νᾱ́ου νᾱ́ετο νᾱ́εσθον νᾱέσθην νᾱόμεθᾰ νᾱ́εσθε νᾱ́οντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

References

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