νυστάζω

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English (LSJ)

fut. -άξω LXXIs.5.27 : aor.

   A ἐνύσταξα Thphr.Char.7.8, LXX 2 Ki.4.6, al. ; ἐνύστασα Dionys.Com.2.43, AP12.135 (Asclep.) :— mostly pres., to be half asleep, doze, νυστάζοντα οὐδένα ἂν ἴδοις X.Cyr. 8.3.43 ; ὥσπερ οἱ νυστάζοντες ἐγειρόμενοι Pl.Ap.31a ; ὀφθαλμοὶ πλέοντες ὥσπερ τῶν νυσταζόντων Hp.Epid.7.17 ; οὐχὶ νυστάζειν ἔτι ὥρα ’στίν Ar.Av.639, cf. Xenarch.2.1, Com.Adesp.185 ; νυστάζοντος δικαστοῦ Pl.R.405c : metaph., ν. τε καὶ ἀπορεῖ Id.Ion533a ; τὸν νυστάζοντα καὶ ἀμαθῆ φύσει Id.Lg.747b ; ἔν τινι in a thing, Plu.2.675b.    2 hang the head, ἐδάκρυσεν καὶ ἐνύστασε APl.c. (Cf. Lith. snústi (stem snúd-) 'grow drowsy'.)