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