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|Definition=only pres. and impf., Att. contr. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> νᾷ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>5</span>, part. νῶντας Phot.:—<b class="b2">flow</b>, 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> <b class="b2">was running with</b>... <span class="bibl">A.R.1.1146</span>; νᾶεν φόνῳ <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>224</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be watered</b>, νᾱομένοισι τόποις Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 74.58. [ᾰ in Hom. and presupposed by <b class="b3">νᾷ, νῶντας</b>, cf. <b class="b3">ἀέναος</b>: ᾱ v.l. in <span class="bibl">Od.9.222</span>, always in late Ep. exc. <span class="bibl">Euph.23</span>; <b class="b3">ναῖον</b> (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 <b class="b3">ναίω</b> <b class="b2">dwell</b>) <span class="bibl">Matro <span class="title">Conv.</span>77</span>, and <b class="b3">ναιομένοισι</b> (<b class="b3">νεομ-</b> codd.) shd. perh. be read in Nic. l.c.] (Cf. <b class="b3">ἔννυθεν, ναύω, νόα</b>, Skt. <b class="b2">snaúti</b> (pf. part. Pass. <b class="b2">snutás</b>) 'drip', MIr. <b class="b2">snuadh</b> 'river', etc.: <b class="b3">νάω [ᾰ]</b> from <b class="b2">sn[acaron]w-w</b>, <b class="b3">ναίω</b> and <b class="b3">νάω [ᾱ]</b> from <b class="b2">sn[acaron]w-yw</b>.) </span>