ναῦς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (v. infr.) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[ship]], Hom., etc. (but rare in non-literary Hellenistic Greek, once in [[NT]], Act.Ap.27.41, [[πλοῖον]] being generally used); <b class="b3">ἐν νήεσσι</b> or <b class="b3">ἐν νηυσίν</b> at [[the ships]], i.e. in the camp formed by the ships drawn up on shore, <span class="bibl">Il.2.688</span>, <span class="bibl">11.659</span>; <b class="b3">νῆες μακραί</b> [[ships]] of war, built long and taper for speed, <span class="bibl">Th.1.41</span>, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">νῆες στρογγύλαι</b> round-built merchant-[[ships]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.163</span>, etc.; [[νέες]] alone, = [[τριήρεις]], opp. [[πεντηκόντεροι]], <span class="bibl">Id.8.1</span>; <b class="b3">νῆες κεναί</b>, i.e. without fighting men in them, <span class="bibl">D.3.5</span>; <b class="b3">ναῦς μακρά</b> collective for [[μακραί]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>380</span>.— Att. decl. ναῦς, νεώς, νηΐ, ναῦν, dual gen. νεοῖν, pl. νῆες, νεῶν (νηῶν is v.l. in <span class="bibl">Lys.13.15</span>), <b class="b3">ναυσί, ναῦς</b>; in later writers, nom. pl. [[ναῦς]], acc. pl. [[νῆας]], <span class="bibl">D.S.13.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.5.2.4</span>, etc., cf. Phryn.147:— Ep. νηῦς, <b class="b3">νηός, νηΐ, νῆα</b>, pl. <b class="b3">νῆες, νηῶν, νηυσί</b> or <b class="b3">νήεσσι, νῆας</b> (but also gen. and acc. sg. <b class="b3">νεός, νέα</b> [the latter as monosyll. in <span class="bibl">Od.9.283</span>], pl. <b class="b3">νέες, νεῶν, νέεσσι, νέας</b>); Ep. gen. and dat. pl. <b class="b3">ναῦφι, -φιν</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.794</span>, <span class="bibl">16.281</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.498</span>; in late Ep., nom. [[νῆυς]] dub. l. in <span class="bibl">Mosch.2.104</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>440.17</span>; acc. sg. and pl. <b class="b3">νηῦν, νηῦς</b>, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.1358</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.2.3</span>, Dem. Bith.<span class="bibl">4.6</span>: Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.401</span>, <span class="bibl">2.675</span>,<span class="bibl">553</span> also gives <b class="b3">νεῦς, νεΐ</b> (v.l. in <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.184</span>), and [[νευσί]] (<span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>27</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>5829</span>):—Ion. νηῦς, <b class="b3">νεός, νηΐ, νέα</b>, pl. <b class="b3">νέες, νεῶν, νηυσί</b> ([[νηυσίν]] Epigr. in <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).683 (Thasos, vi/v B. C.)), [[νέας]] (but νηός Archil.(?) in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLit.Lond.</span>54</span>; [[νηός]] is freq. in codd. of Hdt., νηῶν <span class="bibl">7.160</span>):—Dor. ναῦς ([[νᾶς]] Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.400</span>), νᾱός <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">P.</span>4.185</span>, al., νᾱΐ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>13.54</span>, al. ([[νᾷ]] perh. to be read in <span class="bibl">Alcm.23 iii 27</span>), ναῦν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.245</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>234</span> ([[νᾶν]] Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.328</span>, νᾶα <span class="bibl">B.16.89</span>); pl. νᾶες <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>12.4</span>,al., ναῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>1.74</span>, <b class="b3">ναυσί, ναυσίν</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>7.29</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>3.68</span> ([[νάεσσι]] ib.<span class="bibl">4.56</span>), [[νᾶας]] f.l. in <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.17</span>:—Aeol. sg. gen. [[νᾶος]], dat. [[νᾶϊ]], pl. dat. [[νάεσσι]], <span class="bibl">Alc.19</span>,<span class="bibl">18</span>,<span class="bibl">79</span>, gen. νᾱων Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>12.9, <span class="bibl">Sapph. <span class="title">Supp.</span>5.2</span>:—Trag. commonly use Dor. forms in lyr., Att. in dialogue (but sts. <b class="b3">ναός, ναῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>62</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>340</span>, etc.); the Ep. forms νηός <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>761</span>, νηῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1485</span>, νῆας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>744</span> (lyr.), νηυσίν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>370</span> (cod. M) are prob. corrupt. (Cf. Skt. [[naús]], Lat. [[nāvis]], etc.)</span>