ναός

English (LSJ)

Dor. and Att. poet. gen. from ναῦς. Νᾶος,

   A v. Νάϊος.
νᾱός, ὁ, Dor., Thess., etc. form, Leg.Gort.1.42, IG9(2).517.45 (Larissa, iii B.C.), etc., used also in Trag. (even dialogue) to the exclusion of νεώς, S.El.8, E.Hipp.31, al., exc. A.Pers.810, rare in Att. Prose and Com., Pl.R.394a, Lg.738c, 814b, Arist.EN1174a24, Posidipp. 29.1, more freq. in X., HG2.3.20, An.5.3.9, al., found in Att. Inscrr.from iii B.C., IG22.1314.18, 1315.28, etc., and in Hellenistic and later Gr. (along with νεώς), SIG277 (Priene, iv B.C.), 214 (Phanagoria, iv B.C.), 494.3 (Delph., iii B.C.), LXX 1 Ki.1.9, al. (νεώς only in

   A 2 Ma.), UPZ6.22 (ii B.C.), Plb.9.30.2 (νεώς Plb. 10.4.4), etc.; Ion.νηός, always in Hom. and Hdt. (v. infr.), but gen. νε[ώ] IG12(7).1.4 (Amorgos, v B.C.); dat. νειῴ Michel832.38 (Samos, iv B.C.); Att. νεώς (Attic Inscrr. of v-iii B.C. (v. infr.), once in Trag. (v. supr.), freq. in Prose authors and found in Com. (v. infr.)); declension, nom. νεώς X.HG 1.6.1; gen. νεώ IG12.4.9,80.6, Ar.Pl.733, IG22.1524.45, SIG1219.32 (Gambreum, iii B.C.); dat. νεῴ IG12.6.122, 256.4, Antipho6.39, Alex.40.3, IG22.1504.7; acc. νεών ib.12.24.13, al., X.HG6.5.9, Ar. Nu.401, Pl.741, Philem.139, f.l. in E.HF340, later νεώ IG22.212.35 (iv B.C.), al., LXX 2 Ma.6.2, al., D.S.16.58 (v.l. νεών), SIG877A10 (ii/ iii A.D.), v.l. in D.H.4.26, but νεών Aristid.Or.27(16).19 (v.l. νεώ), Ach.Tat.3.6 (v.l. νεώ Bast Epist.Crit.p.176), etc.: pl. nom. νεῴ X. HG6.4.7; acc. νεώς A.Pers.810, Isoc.5.117, Plb.10.4.4; dat. νεῴς IG12.384; on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.8: Aeol. ναῦος Alc.9, IG12 (2).60.27 (Mytil.); Spartan ναϝός ib.5(1).1564 (pl., found at Delos, v/iv B.C.):—temple, Il.1.39, al., Pi.O.13.21 (pl.), etc.    II inmost part of a temple, shrine containing the image of the god, Hdt.1.183, 6.19, X.Ap.15, UPZl.c.; ἐν παντὶ ἱερῷ ὅπου ναός ἐστι PGnom.79 (ii A.D.).    III portable shrine carried in processions, Hdt.2.63, D.S.1.15, etc.    IV metaph., of Christians, ν. θεοῦ ἐστε 1 Ep.Cor. 3.16; of the body of Christ, Ev.Jo.2.19,21. [νᾰόν and νᾰῶ Orph.Fr. 32biv (Phaestus, ii B.C.); elsewh. ᾱ.] (Perh. fr. νᾰσ-ϝός, cf. ναίω.)

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[Seite 228] ὁ, ion. νηός, att. νεώς (ναίω, also eigtl. jede Wohnung), die Wohnung eines Gottes auf der Erde, der Temp el; εἴ ποτέ τοι χαρίεντ' ἐπὶ νηὸν ἔρεψα, Il. 1, 39; ἑῷ ἐνὶ πίονι νηῷ, 2, 549; ὅθι οἱ νηός γ' ἐτέτυκτο, 5, 446, öfter; Πύθιον ναὸν καταβάντα, Pind. P. 4, 55; θεῶν ναοῖσιν, Ol. 13, 21, öfter; ναοὺς ἱκέσθαι δαιμόνων, Soph. O. R. 912; ἀμφικίονες, Ant. 286, öfter, wie bei Eur.; auch Plat. hat βωμοὺς καὶ ναούς, Legg. V, 738 c, ναῶν, Rep. III, 394 a; Xen. An. 5, 3, 9 u. sonst einzeln in att. Prosa für νεώς, w. m. vgl. – Insbesondere auch der innere Tempelraum, das Schiff, Her. 1, 183; u. der Ort, in welchem das Bild des Gottes steht, sonst σηκός, Valck. Her. 6, 19, also ein Theil des ἱερόν, mit dem es fast gleichbedeutend gebraucht wird.