νεύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *new- (to nod). Cognate with Latin nutō (to nod), Sanskrit नवते (návate) and Proto-Germanic *neudaz (desire, need).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

νεύω • (neúō)

  1. to nod, beckon, as a sign
  2. to nod or bow in token of assent
  3. to grant, promise, assure
  4. (of warriors) to nod, bend forward
  5. to incline, slope, tend
  6. (figuratively) to decline, fall away, diminish

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀνᾰνεύω (ananeúō)
  • ἐκνεύω (ekneúō)
  • ἐπῐνεύω (epineúō)
  • κᾰτᾰνεύω (kataneúō)
  • νεῦμᾰ (neûma)
  • νευστᾰ́ζω (neustázō)
  • νευστῐκός (neustikós)
  • νεῦσῐς (neûsis)
  • σῠννεύω (sunneúō)

Further reading

  • νεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • νεύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • νεύω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • νεύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • νεύω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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