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|Definition=poet. Verb, Act. (intr.) only in pres. and impf. (Ep.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ναίεσκον Il.5.708), fut. and aor. in causal and Med. and Pass. forms, v. infr. ''ΙΙ'', ''III'':<br><span class="bld">1</span> of persons, [[dwell]], [[abide]], mostly followed by a Prep. of [[place]], <b class="b3">ἐν Λῃ</b>, etc., Il.l.c., etc.; ῥοῇς ἔπι Σαγγαρίοιο 16.719; ἐπ' ἄκρων ὀρέων S. ''OT''1105 (lyr.); κατὰ πτόλιν Il.2.130; ἀν' οὔρεα Hes.''Th.''130; πὰρ ποταμόν Il.2.522; ὑπὸ Πλάκῳ 6.396: c. dat. loci, αἰθέρι ναίων 2.412, Hes. ''Op.''18, etc.; ν. μετά τινος S.''Ph.''1105 (lyr.): metaph., <b class="b3">τὴν σὴν δ' ὁμοῦ ναίουσαν [ὀργήν]</b> Id.''OT''338; τὰν ἀρετὰν ναίειν ἐπὶ πέτραις Simon.58: with Adv., [κακότης] ἐγγύθι ναίει Hes.''Op.''288; ἵνα αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι A.''Pr.''794. b. c. acc. loci, [[dwell in]], [[inhabit]], [[οἰκία]], [[δώματα]], Od.20.288, Hes.''Op.''8, cf. Pi.''P.''7.5, al.; <b class="b3">ἅλα, πλάκας ὀρέων</b>, E.''Hel.''1584, ''Ba.'' 719; freq. with place-names, Il.2.615, Alex.22, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">Πειθὼ ναίει καὶ Χάρις υἱὸν Ἄγησίλα</b> dub. in Pi.''Fr.''123.10; of the statues of gods, πρόπυλα ναίουσιν τάδε S.''El.''1375:—Pass., to [[be inhabited]], Id.''Fr.'' 1125 (in aor. ἐνάσθη), etc.; πολίταις Theoc.16.88; ὑπ' ἀνδράσι A.R.1.794.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of places, [[lie]], [[be situated]], once in Hom., νήσων αἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἁλός Il.2.626; ὦ κλεινὰ Σαλαμίς, σὺ μέν που ναίεις ἁλίπλακτος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''598 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> causal, in Ep. aor. ἔνασσα or [[νάσσα]], Med. [[ἐνασσάμην]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> c. acc. loci, [[give]] one to [[dwell in]], <b class="b3">καί κέ οἱ Ἄργεϊ νάσσα πόλιν</b> I would have [[given]] him a town in Argos [[for his home]], Od.4.174; [[make habitable]], [[build]], νηὸν ἔνασσαν ''h.Ap.''298; [[settle]], Εὔβοιαν ἕλον καὶ ἔνασσαν Pi.''Pae.''5.36:—in Med., [[found]], μυρία δ' ἄστη νάσσατ' ἐποιχόμενος A.R.4.275:—in Pass., of places, like Act.1.2, to [[be situated]], πολίων εὖ ναιομενάων Il.3.400, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. pers., [[let]] one [[dwell]], [[settle]] him, ἐν Ἄργει ἔνασσεν Ἡρακλέος ἐκγόνους Pi.''P.''5.71:—in Med., νάσσατο κούρην A.R.4.567.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Med. and Pass. in act. sense, fut. νάσσομαι Id.2.747: Ep. aor. 1 νάσσατο Hes.''Op.''639, Dem.Bith.6, Philet.24; later 3pl. ναιήσαντο D.P.349: pf. νένασται ''IG''14.1389i8; part. νενασμένος D.P.264: aor. Pass. <b class="b3">ἐνάσθην, πατὴρ ἐμὸς Ἄργεϊ νάσθη</b> my father [[settled]] at Argos, Il.14.119.—More freq. in Compos. with [[ἀπό]], [[κατά]].