- νεύω
- νεύωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `nod, beckon, bend forward, grant'.Other forms: Aor. νεῦσαι, fut. νεύσω, -νεύσομαι (Il.), perf. νένευκα (E.) -νένευμαι (Ph.),Compounds: Often with prefix, e.g. ἀνα-, ἐπι-, κατα-.Derivatives: (ἔκ-, ἀνά- etc.)-νεῦσις f. `nodding, bending' (Pl., LXX), νεῦμα n., also with ἐπι-, ἐν-, συν -, `nod' (A., Th., X.) with νευμάτιον (Arr.); νευστικός `bending' (Ph.). Expressive enlargement νευστάζω, rarely w. ἐπι-, `nod, beckon' (Il.); cf. βαστάζω, ῥυστάζω a.o. (Schwyzer 706, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 338, Bechtel Lex. 234).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [767] *neu- `nod, beckon'Etymology: The retained diphthong in νεύω as well as νευστάζω points to an orig. *νεύσω (*νεύσι̯ω?), cf. a.o. γεύομαι and εὕω (s. vv.); the late forms νένευκα, -νένευμαι are of course based on νεύω. Except the -σ-, νεύω agrees with Lat. ab-, ad-nuō \< *-neu̯ō with the same meaning (to which the simplex nuō in gramm.). νεῦμα agrees with Lat. nūmen (\< *neu(s)-mn̥) prop. `nod', `godly governing etc.'; they are however easily understandable as independent innovations. -- Far remain however both Skt. návate `go, move (oneself)' (not quite certain; Mayrhofer s.v.) and Slav., e.g. Russ. núritь `bow the head' (s. Vasmer s.v.). -- WP. 2, 323 f, Pok. 767, W.-Hofmann s. nuō. Cf. νύσσω and νυστάζω.Page in Frisk: 2,
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