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