νέομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *néhomai, from Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to join with, to conceal oneself, to recover”).[1] Cognate with Νέστωρ (Néstōr), νόστος (nóstos), νίσομαι (nísomai), ναίω (naíō), ναιετάω (naietáō), νᾱός (nāós).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

νέομαι • (néomai) (Epic, Doric, rarely Tragic)

  1. to make one's way, go, come, depart
    1. (of rivers) to flow
  2. to go or come back or home, return

Inflection

   Present: νέομαι (Epic, uncontracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative νέομαι νέεαι νέεται νέεσθον νέεσθον νεόμε(σ)θᾰ νέεσθε νέονται
subjunctive νέωμαι νέηαι νέηται νέησθον νέησθον νεώμε(σ)θᾰ νέησθε νέωνται
optative νεοίμην νέοιο νέοιτο νέοισθον νεοίσθην νεοίμε(σ)θᾰ νέοισθε νεοίᾰτο
imperative   νέεο νεέσθω νέεσθον νεέσθων   νέεσθε νεέσθων
middle/passive
infinitive νέεσθαι
participle m νεόμενος
f νεομένη
n νεόμενον
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Present: νεῦμαι (Epic, contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative νεῦμαι νεῖαι / νέαι νεῖται νεῖσθον νεῖσθον νεύμε(σ)θᾰ νεῖσθε νεῦνται
subjunctive νέωμαι νῇ νῆται νῆσθον νῆσθον νεώμε(σ)θᾰ νῆσθε νέωνται
optative νεοίμην νέοιο νέοιτο νέοισθον νεοίσθην νεοίμε(σ)θᾰ νέοισθε νεοίᾰτο
imperative   νεῦ νείσθω νεῖσθον νείσθων   νεῖσθε νείσθων
middle/passive
infinitive νεῖσθαι
participle m νεύμενος
f νευμένη
n νεύμενον
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Present: νοῦμαι (Contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative νοῦμαι νῇ νεῖται νεῖσθον νεῖσθον νούμεθᾰ νεῖσθε νοῦνται
subjunctive νῶμαι νῇ νῆται νῆσθον νῆσθον νώμεθᾰ νῆσθε νῶνται
optative νοίμην νοῖο νοῖτο νοῖσθον νοίσθην νοίμεθᾰ νοῖσθε νοῖντο
imperative   νοῦ νείσθω νεῖσθον νείσθων   νεῖσθε νείσθων
middle/passive
infinitive νεῖσθαι
participle m νούμενος
f νουμένη
n νούμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: νεόμην (Epic, uncontracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative νεόμην νέου νέετο νέεσθον νεέσθην νεόμε(σ)θᾰ νέεσθε νέοντο
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: νεύμην (Epic, contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative νεύμην νεῖο / νέο νεῖτο νεῖσθον νείσθην νεύμε(σ)θᾰ νεῖσθε νεῦντο
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: νούμην (Contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle/
passive 		indicative νούμην νοῦ νεῖτο νεῖσθον νείσθην νούμεθᾰ νεῖσθε νοῦντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

  • ἀνανέομαι (ananéomai)
  • ἀπονέομαι (aponéomai)
  • διανέομαι (dianéomai)
  • εἰσνέομαι (eisnéomai)
  • μετανέομαι (metanéomai)
  • παρανέομαι (paranéomai)
  • προνέομαι (pronéomai)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “νέομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1008

Further reading

  • Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 766
  • “νέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “νέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “νέομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • νέομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “νέομαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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