νάσσομαι

ναίω, poet. Verb, [voice] Act. (intr.) only in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. ([dialect] Ep.

A

ναίεσκον Il.5.708

), [tense] fut. and [tense] aor. in causal and [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass. forms, v. infr. 11, 111:

1 of persons, dwell, abide, mostly folld. by a Prep. of Place, ἐν Λῃ, etc., Il.l.c., etc.;

ῥοῇς ἔπι Σαγγαρίοιο 16.719

;

ἐπ' ἄκρων ὀρέων S. OT 1105

(lyr.);

κατὰ πτόλιν Il.2.130

;

ἀν' οὔρεα Hes.Th. 130

;

πὰρ ποταμόν Il.2.522

;

ὑπὸ Πλάκῳ 6.396

: c. dat. loci,

αἰθέρι ναίων 2.412

, Hes. Op.18, etc.;

ν. μετά τινος S.Ph. 1105

(lyr.): metaph., τὴν σὴν δ' ὁμοῦ ναίουσαν [ὀργήν] Id.OT 338;

τὰν ἀρετὰν ναίειν ἐπὶ πέτραις Simon.58

: with Adv., [

κακότης] ἐγγύθι ναίει Hes.Op. 288

;

ἵνα αἱ Φορκίδες ναίουσι A.Pr. 794

. b. c. acc. loci, dwell in, inhabit, οἰκία, δώματα, Od.20.288, Hes.Op.8, cf. Pi.P.7.5, al.; ἅλα, πλάκας ὀρέων, E.Hel. 1584, Ba. 719; freq. with place-names, Il.2.615, Alex.22, etc.: metaph., Πειθὼ ναίει καὶ Χάρις υἱὸν Ἄγησίλα dub. in Pi.Fr.123.10; of the statues of gods,

πρόπυλα ναίουσιν τάδε S.El. 1375

:—[voice] Pass., to be inhabited, Id.Fr. 1125 (in [tense] aor. ἐνάσθη), etc.;

πολίταις Theoc.16.88

;

ὑπ' ἀνδράσι A.R.1.794

.

2 of places, lie, be situated, once in Hom.,

νήσων αἳ ναίουσι πέρην ἁλός Il.2.626

;

ὦ κλεινὰ Σαλαμίς, σὺ μέν που ναίεις ἁλίπλακτος S. Aj. 598

(lyr.).

II causal, in [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. ἔνασσα or νάσσα, [voice] Med. ἐνασσάμην:

1 c. acc. loci, give one to dwell in, καί κέ οἱ Ἄργεϊ νάσσα πόλιν I would have given him a town in Argos for his home, Od.4.174; make habitable, build,

νηὸν ἔνασσαν h.Ap. 298

; settle,

Εὔβοιαν ἕλον καὶ ἔνασσαν Pi.Pae.5.36

:—in [voice] Med., found,

μυρία δ' ἄστη νάσσατ' ἐποιχόμενος A.R.4.275

:—in [voice] Pass., of places, like [voice] Act.1.2, to be situated,

πολίων εὖ ναιομενάων Il.3.400

, al.

2 c. acc. pers., let one dwell, settle him,

ἐν Ἄργει ἔνασσεν Ἡρακλέος ἐκγόνους Pi.P.5.71

:— in [voice] Med.,

νάσσατο κούρην A.R.4.567

.

III [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass. in act. sense, [tense] fut.

νάσσομαι Id.2.747

: [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. 1

νάσσατο Hes.Op. 639

, Dem.Bith.6, Philet.24; later [ per.] 3pl.

ναιήσαντο D.P.349

: [tense] pf.

νένασται IG14.1389i8

; part.

νενασμένος D.P.264

: [tense] aor. [voice] Pass. ἐνάσθην, πατὴρ ἐμὸς Ἄργεϊ νάσθη my father settled at Argos, Il.14.119.—More freq. in Compos. with ἀπό, κατά.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `live, inhabit', rare `be situated' (in this meaning also midd. εὖ ναιόμενος), aor. `give as house, settle', pass. `settle (oneself)' (Il.).

Other forms: Aor. νάσ-σαι, - σασθαι, - θῆναι, late forms ναιήσαντο, νένασμαι, νάσσομαι.

Compounds: Also with prefix, e.g. κατα-, ἀπο-, συν-, περι-, παρα-.

Derivatives: Enlarged ναιετάω, also with περι-, μετα-, παρα-, `live, inhabit', also `be situated', esp. in εὖ ναιετάων `well established, situated' (Il.); on the discussed formation Schwyzer 705, Leumann Hom. Wörter 1, 182 ff., Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 358. -- Besides from the presentstem, partly also backformed from ναιετάω, περι-, μετα-ναιέται m. pl. `who live around, with' (Ω 488 a. A. R. 4, 470 resp. Hes. Th. 401), ἁλι-ναιέται `who live on the sea' (B. 16, 97); ἐν-ναέται `inhabitant' (Isyll., A. R.), f. - έτις (A. R.). Simplex ναέτης, Dor. - τας `inhabitant' (poet. since Simon.), f. ναιέτις (Call.); second. ( ἐν-)ναετήρ m. `id.' (AP), f. ἐνναέτειρα ( APl.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: On μετανάστης s. v. The causative meaning of νάσσαι is prob. arisen from the opposition to intr. νασθῆναι. The meaning `be situated', often with ναιετάω, esp. in εὖ ναιετάων, rarely with ναίω, is not convincingly explained; perh. we must start from the ptc. εὖ ναιετάων prop. `where one lives well' with the same shift as e.g. in ὁ ἐπιβάλλων `whom it is well' w.o. (type café chantant, s. Debrunner Mus. Helv. 1, 31 ff.); from the ptc. the use might have shifted to the finite forms, sometimes to the primary ναίω. Leumann Hom. Wörter 191 ff. tries to explain the remarkable meaning from a wrong interpretation of Γ 387; against this Fraenkel Gnomon 23, 374. The verbal stem νασ- ( ναίω \< *νάσ-ι̯ω) is isolated. Usu. it is, but with doubtful right, considered as a reduced grade of νεσ- in νέομαι (to which belongs νόστος and also ἄσμενος?); s. there w. further lit. Rejected by Kretschmer Glotta 3, 337. Cf. ναός. - νασ- may be Pre-Greek.

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