νήχω
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
Dor. νάχω (προσ-, q.v.):—
A swim, νηχέμεναι μεμαώς Od.5.375; νῆχε ib.399; νῆχον πάλιν 7.280; νῆχον ἐπ' ἄκρον ὕδωρ Hes.Sc. 317; νήχει Nic.Al.590:—mostly Med. νήχομαι, part. νηχόμενος Od. 7.276, 14.352, Hes.Sc.211; inf. νήχεσθαι Democr.172: poet. impf. νήχοντο Titanomach.4 (cj. for -οντες): fut. νήξομαι Od.5.364, Timo 32: aor. ἐνήξατο Lyc.76; part. νηξαμένη AP9.36 (Secund.): the Med. forms alone used in later Prose, Plb.3.84.9, 5.48.9, Plu.2.1063b, Luc.Dom.1, Ael.NA3.11, and in compds. (fut. νήξω f.l. in Ael.NA9.25).
German (Pape)
[Seite 255] = νέω, schwimmen; νηχέμεναι μεμαώς Od. 5, 375, öfter; Hes. Sc. 317. – Gew. im med.; νηχόμενος τόδε λαῖτμα διέτμαγον, Od. 7, 276; χερσὶ διήρεσσ' ἀμφοτέρῃσιν νηχόμενος 14, 352, öfter, wie Hes. Sc. 211; auch in sp. Prosa oft, wie Luc. V. H. 1, 30; νήχομαί τι, D. Per. 141; – Paus. 10, 20, 4 u. a. Sp. auch wieder im act.; vgl. Schäf. zu Schol. Par. Ap. Rh. 4, 937.
