νώ
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
English (LSJ)
A v. ἐγώ III. II νῷ, dat. of νοῦς.
German (Pape)
[Seite 272] nom. u. acc. dual. zu ἐγώ, für νῶϊ, wir beide, uns beide, im Att. die gewöhnliche Form.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νώ: ἴδε ἐν λ. ἐγὼ ΙΙΙ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
nom.-acc. duel épq., ion. et dor. de ἐγώ : nous deux.
Greek Monotonic
νώ: βλ. ἐγώ III.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
νώ: nom. и acc. dual. к ἐγώ.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: pron.
Meaning: we two, both of us
Other forms: (Att., also E 219 a. ο 475), νῶϊ (Hom.) nom. acc. du.; gen. dat. νῳ̃ν (Att.), νῶϊν (Hom.), acc. νῶε (Antim., Corinn.); possess. νωϊτερος (O 39, μ 185).
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [758] *neh₃ we two
Etymology: Old dual, identical with Av. nā, OCS na, IE *noH; besides with orig. long diphthong Skt. nau. Here also Lat. nōs. For νῶϊ (< *νω-Ϝι?), and νῶε several explanations have been tested, s. Schwyzer 600 ff. w. further details and rich lit.; also W.-Hofmann s. nōs.
