Verbs beginning with ν

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ναίω (νασ-[ιγλιδε]ω, 624 a) dwell: ἔνασσα caused to dwell, ἐνασσάμην took up my abode and caused to dwell, ἐνάσθην was settled or dwelt. Poetic. (III.) LSJ

ναίω (ναϝ-[ιγλιδε]ω, 624 b) swim: ναῖον ι 222 (v. l. νᾶον). (III.) LSJ

νάττω (ναδ-, ναγ-, 514 a, 515 b) compress: ἔναξα Epic and Ion., νένασμαι Aristoph. (νέναγμαι Hippocr.), ναστός Aristoph. Mostly Ion. and poetic. (III.) (Attic) LSJ

νάω (ναϝ-ω) flow only in pres. Epic. Cp. ναίω swim. LSJ

*νάω (νῶ) spin (να-, νη-, 394): pres. νῇς, νῇ, νῶσι, inf. νῆν, part. νῶν, fut. νήσω, aor. ἔνησα, aor. pass. ἐνήθην. (Attic) LSJ

νεικέω (νεικε- for νεικεσ-; cp. τὸ νεῖκος strife) chide, usu. νεικείω in Hom.: νεικέσω, ἐνείκεσ(σ)α. Epic (also Hdt.). (III.) LSJ

νείφει (νειφ-, νιφ-, 477; better form than νί̄φει) snows, covers with snow: κατένειψε. Pass. νείφεται. (Attic) LSJ

νέμω (νεμ-, νεμε-) distribute, mid. also go to pasture: νεμῶ, ἔνειμα, δια-νενέμηκα, νενέμημαι, ἐνεμήθην, δια-νεμητέος. (Attic) LSJ

νέομαι (νεσ-) go, come, only in pres. and imperf.: usu. in fut. sense. Mainly poetic. Cp. νί̄σομαι. 541. LSJ

νεύω nod: -νεύσομαι W. ἀνά or κατά (806), ἔνευσα, νένευκα. Hom. has fut. νεύσω and κατα-νεύσομαι. (Attic) LSJ

νέω (νευ-, νεϝ-, νυ-, originally σνευ-, etc.) swim, often comp. W. διά, ἐξ· νευσοῦμαι Xen. (540, 806), -ένευσα, -νένευκα, νευστέος. Cp. νήχομαι. (Attic) LSJ

νέω heap up, pres. in comp. and only in Hdt. (Att. usu. has χόω): ἔνησα, νένημαι (νένησμαι ? 489 g), νητός Hom. Epic νηέω. (Attic) LSJ

νίζω (νιβ-, νιγ-, 509 a) wash, in Att. usu. comp. W. ἀπό, ἐξ: -νίψομαι (νίψω poetic), -ένιψα, -νένιμμαι, -ενίφθην Hippocr., ἄ-νιπτος Hom. = ἀν-από-νιπτος. νίπτω is late, νίπτομαι Hom. (III.) (Attic) LSJ

νί̄σομαι go or will go: from νι-ν(ε)σ-[ιγλιδε]ομαι, cp. νόσ-τος return. Often printed νίσσομαι (MSS. often have νείσομαι). Poetic. (III.) LSJ

νοέω think, perceive, regular in Att. Mid. νοοῦμαι usu. in comp., fut. δια-νοήσομαι (rare) and δια-νοηθήσομαι (812). Ion. contracts οη to ω in ἔνωσα, νένωκα, νένωμαι. (Attic) LSJ

νομίζω believe: νομιῶ (539 e), ἐνόμισα, νενόμικα, νενόμισμαι, ἐνομίσθην, νομισθήσομαι, νομιστέος. 512. (III.) (Attic) LSJ