νάω
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
only pres. and impf., Att. contr.
A νᾷ S.Fr.5, part. νῶντας Phot.:—flow, ἐν δὲ κρήνη νάει Od.6.292; καὶ φρείατα μακρὰ νάουσιν Il. 21.197; ὄφρ' ἂν ὕδωρ τε νάῃ Epigr. ap. Pl.Phdr.264d; οἴνῳ Ἁχελῷος ἆρα νᾷ S.l.c.; ὕδατι νᾶε was running with... A.R.1.1146; νᾶεν φόνῳ Call.Dian.224:—Pass., to be watered, νᾱομένοισι τόποις Nic.Fr. 74.58. [ᾰ in Hom. and presupposed by νᾷ, νῶντας, cf. ἀέναος: ᾱ v.l. in Od.9.222, always in late Ep. exc. Euph.23; ναῖον (so Aristarch. and some codd.) δ' ὀρῷ ἄγγεα πάντα is prob. correct in Od.l.c., cf. ἔναιεν ἐν ἅλμῃ (with pun on ναίω dwell) Matro Conv.77, and ναιομένοισι (νεομ- codd.) shd. perh. be read in Nic. l.c.] (Cf. ἔννυθεν, ναύω, νόα, Skt. snaúti (pf. part. Pass. snutás) 'drip', MIr. snuadh 'river', etc.: νάω [ᾰ] from sn[acaron]w-w, ναίω and νάω [ᾱ] from sn[acaron]w-yw.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 234] nur pr. u. impf., fließen; ἐν δὲ κρήνη νάει, Od. 6, 292; κρῆναι νάουσι, Il. 21, 197; als v. l. von ναίω Od. 9, 222; νᾶεν Callim. Dian. 224; ὄφρ' ἂν ὕδωρ τε νάῃ, epigr. Plat. Phaedr. 264 d; ἄσπορα ναομένοισι τόποις ἀνεθρέψατο λειμών, Nic. b. Ath. XV, 684 (v. 581, wo die v. l. νεομένοισι auf ναιομένοισι führt, s. ναίω. – Moeris erklärt ἀεὶ νῶν für attisch, ἀέναος für hellenistisch, was auf Ar. Ran. 146 zu gehen scheint, wo jetzt richtig ἀείνων σκῶρ gelesen wird. Sonst auch noch VLL. Vgl. νέω u. ναίω.
