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|Definition=only pres. and impf., Att. contr. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> νᾷ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>5</span>, part. νῶντας Phot.:—[[flow]], ἐν δὲ κρήνη νάει <span class="bibl">Od.6.292</span>; καὶ φρείατα μακρὰ νάουσιν <span class="bibl">Il. 21.197</span>; <b class="b3">ὄφρ' ἂν ὕδωρ τε νάῃ</b> Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>264d</span>; <b class="b3">οἴνῳ Ἁχελῷος ἆρα νᾷ</b> S.l.c.; <b class="b3">ὕδατι νᾶε</b> [[was running with]]... <span class="bibl">A.R.1.1146</span>; νᾶεν φόνῳ <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>224</span>:—Pass., to [[be watered]], νᾱομένοισι τόποις Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 74.58. [ᾰ in Hom. and presupposed by [[νᾷ]], [[νῶντας]], cf. [[ἀέναος]]: ᾱ [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Od.9.222</span>, always in late Ep. exc. <span class="bibl">Euph.23</span>; [[ναῖον]] (so Aristarch. and some codd.) <b class="b3">δ' ὀρῷ ἄγγεα πάντα</b> is prob. correct in Od.l.c., cf. <b class="b3">ἔναιεν ἐν ἅλμῃ</b> (with pun on [[ναίω]] [[dwell]]) <span class="bibl">Matro <span class="title">Conv.</span>77</span>, and [[ναιομένοισι]] (<b class="b3">νεομ-</b> codd.) shd. perh. be read in Nic. l.c.] (Cf. [[ἔννυθεν]], [[ναύω]], [[νόα]], Skt. [[snaúti]] (pf. part. Pass. [[snutás]]) 'drip', MIr. [[snuadh]] 'river', etc.: <b class="b3">νάω [ᾰ]</b> from <b class="b2">snǎw-w</b>, [[ναίω]] and <b class="b3">νάω [ᾱ]</b> from <b class="b2">snǎw-yw</b>.) </span>