νήξομαι

νήχω

swim: aor subj mid 1st sg (epic)

νήχω

swim: fut ind mid 1st sg

νήξομαι, νήχω

swim: aor subj mid 1st sg (epic)

νήξομαι, νήχω

swim: fut ind mid 1st sg

νέω 1

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `swim' (Il.), ipf. ἔ-ννεον (Φ 11), aor. νεῦσαι, perf. νένευκα (Att.), fut. νεύσομαι (H.), - σοῦμαι (v. l. X. An. 4, 3, 12).

Compounds: Often w. prefix, e.g. δια-, ἐκ-, περι-.

Derivatives: νεῦσις f. `schwimming' (Arist.), ἀνάνευ-σις prop. "swimming up(ward)", `coming up, the living up' (LXX). -- Besides νήχω, usu. - ομαι (on the variation of diathesis Schwyzer-Debrunner 232), Dor. (Ps.-Theoc.) νά̄χω, - ομαι, fut. νήξομαι (ep. poet. Od.), aor. νήξασθαι (Plb., Lyc., AP), perf. midd. νενῆχθαι (Ath.), very often w. prefix (mostly midd.), e.g. παρα-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, `swim'. From this νῆξις f. ` swimming' (Batr., Plu., medic.), διάνηξ-ις `swimming through' (Herm. ap. Stob.), νηχαλέος `swimming' (Xenocr.), after μυδαλέος a.o.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [971] * sneh₂- `swim'

Etymology: The present νή-χ-ω, νά-χ-ω, from which νήξομαι etc., has a velar enlargement of IE snā- in Skt. snā́-ti `bathes', Lat. nā-re `swim', OIr. snāim `swim, creep'; cf. σμῆ-ν: σμή-χ-ω etc. (Schwyzer 702; hypotheses on the aspect by Chantraine BSL 33, 81 ff., Gramm. hom. 1, 331.). The in vocalism deviating νέω, νεῦσαι agrees with πλέω: πλεῦσαι and can be a rhime-formation; verbal nouns with o-ablaut are supposed in νόα (rather with Bechtel Dial. 2, 378, Wackernagel Phil. 95, 178 = Kl. Schr. 2, 877 νοά) πηγή. Λάκωνες H. and in Νοῦς ποταμός (Arcadia, Asia Minor; cf. Schwyzer 310), a zero grade aorist in ἔννυθεν ἐκέχυντο H. (tradition correct?). Beside νήχω, νέω there is νάω `bubble up, stream' (s.v.). -- More hypotheses on IE snā-, snāu-, sneu- etc. (after Brugmann IF 20, 221 ff.) in WP. 2, 692ff., Pok. 971 ff., W.-Hofmann s. nō; also w. rich lit. Cf. νῆσος and νότος.

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νήχω, [dialect] Dor. [full] νάχω (προς-, q.v.):—

A swim,

νηχέμεναι μεμαώς Od.5.375

; νῆχε ib. 399;

νῆχον πάλιν 7.280

;

νῆχον ἐπ' ἄκρον ὕδωρ Hes.Sc. 317

;

νήχει Nic.Al. 590

:—mostly [voice] Med. [full] νήχομαι, part.

νηχόμενος Od. 7.276

, 14.352, Hes.Sc. 211; inf.

νήχεσθαι Democr.172

: poet. [tense] impf.

νήχοντο Titanomach.4

(cj. for - οντες): [tense] fut.

νήξομαι Od.5.364

, Timo 32: [tense] aor.

ἐνήξατο Lyc.76

; part.

νηξαμένη AP9.36

(Secund.): the [voice] Med. forms alone used in later Prose, Plb.3.84.9, 5.48.9, Plu.2.1063b, Luc.Dom.1, Ael.NA3.11, and in compds. ([tense] fut. νήξω f.l. in Ael.NA9.25).