Logeion

Perseus analyses of νηός:

  1. ναός (temple): masc nom sg (epic ionic)
  2. ναῦς (ship): fem gen sg (epic)

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νᾱός 1 

ναός, ὁ, Dor., Thess., etc. form, Leg.Gort. 1.42, IG 9(2).517.45 (Larissa, iii B.C.), etc., used also in Trag. (even dialogue) to the exclusion of νεώς, S. El. 8, E. Hipp. 31, al., exc. A. Pers. 810, rare in Att. Prose and Com., Pl. R. 394a, Lg. 738c, 814b, Arist. EN 1174a24, Posidipp. 29.1, more freq. in X., HG 2.3.20, An. 5.3.9, al., found in Att. Inscrr.from iii B.C., IG 22.1314.18, 1315.28, etc., and in Hellenistic and later Gr. (along with νεώς), SIG 277 (Priene, iv B.C.), 214 (Phanagoria, iv B.C.), 494.3 (Delph., iii B.C.), LXX 1 Ki. 1.9, al. (νεώς only in 2 Ma.), UPZ 6.22 (ii B.C.), Plb. 9.30.2 (νεώς Plb. 10.4.4), etc.; Ion.νηός, always in Hom. and Hdt. (v. infr.), but gen. νε[ώ] IG 12(7).1.4 (Amorgos, v B.C.); dat. νειῴ Michel 832.38 (Samos, iv B.C.); Att. νεώς (Attic Inscrr. of v-iii B.C. (v. infr.), once in Trag. (v. supr.), freq. in Prose authors and found in Com. (v. infr.)); declension, nom. νεώς X. HG 1.6.1; gen. νεώ IG 12.4.9,80.6, Ar. Pl. 733, IG 22.1524.45, SIG 1219.32 (Gambreum, iii B.C.); dat. νεῴ IG 12.6.122, 256.4, Antipho 6.39, Alex. 40.3, IG 22.1504.7; acc. νεών ib.12.24.13, al., X. HG 6.5.9, Ar. Nu. 401, Pl. 741, Philem. 139, f.l. in E. HF 340, later νεώ IG 22.212.35 (iv B.C.), al., LXX 2 Ma. 6.2, al., D.S. 16.58 (v.l. νεών), SIG 877A 10 (ii/ iii A.D.), v.l. in D.H. 4.26, but νεών Aristid. Or. 27(16).19 (v.l. νεώ), Ach.Tat. 3.6 (v.l. νεώ Bast Epist.Crit.p.176), etc.: pl. nom. νεῴ X. HG 6.4.7; acc. νεώς A. Pers. 810, Isoc. 5.117, Plb. 10.4.4; dat. νεῴς IG 12.384; on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.8: Aeol. ναῦος Alc. 9, IG 12 (2).60.27 (Mytil.); Spartan ναϝός ib.5(1).1564 (pl., found at Delos, v/iv B.C.):—
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ναῦς 

ναῦς, ἡ, (v. infr.)
A. ship, Hom., etc. (but rare in non-literary Hellenistic Greek, once in NT, Act.Ap. 27.41, πλοῖον being generally used); ἐν νήεσσι or ἐν νηυσίν at the ships, i.e. in the camp formed by the ships drawn up on shore, Il. 2.688, 11.659; νῆες μακραί ships of war, built long and taper for speed, Th. 1.41, etc.; opp. νῆες στρογγύλαι round-built merchant-ships, Hdt. 1.163, etc.; νέες alone, = τριήρεις, opp. πεντηκόντεροι, Id. 8.1; νῆες κεναί, i.e. without fighting men in them, D. 3.5; ναῦς μακρά collective for μακραί, A. Pers. 380.— Att. decl. ναῦς, νεώς, νηΐ, ναῦν, dual gen. νεοῖν, pl. νῆες, νεῶν (νηῶν is v.l. in Lys. 13.15), ναυσί, ναῦς; in later writers, nom. pl. ναῦς, acc. pl. νῆας, D.S. 13.13, Plb. 5.2.4, etc., cf. Phryn. 147:— Ep. νηῦς, νηός, νηΐ, νῆα, pl. νῆες, νηῶν, νηυσί or νήεσσι, νῆας (but also gen. and acc. sg. νεός, νέα [the latter as monosyll. in Od. 9.283], pl. νέες, νεῶν, νέεσσι, νέας); Ep. gen. and dat. pl. ναῦφι, -φιν, Il. 2.794, 16.281, Od. 14.498; in late Ep., nom. νῆυς dub. l. in Mosch. 2.104, cf. EM 440.17; acc. sg. and pl. νηῦν, νηῦς, A.R. 1.1358, Herod. 2.3, Dem. Bith.4.6: Hdn.Gr.1.401, 2.675,553 also gives νεῦς, νεΐ (v.l. in Hdt. 7.184), and νευσί (Hp. Ep. 27, Sammelb. 5829):—Ion. νηῦς, νεός, νηΐ, νέα, pl. νέες, νεῶν, νηυσί (νηυσίν Epigr. in IG 12(8).683 (Thasos, vi/v B. C.)), νέας (but νηός Archil.(?) in PLit.Lond. 54; νηός is freq. in codd. of Hdt., νηῶν 7.160):—Dor. ναῦς (νᾶς Hdn.Gr.1.400), νᾱός Pi. P. 4.185, al., νᾱΐ Id. O. 13.54, al. (νᾷ perh. to be read in Alcm. 23 iii 27), ναῦν Pi. P. 4.245, Fr. 234 (νᾶν Hdn.Gr.1.328, νᾶα B. 16.89); pl. νᾶες Pi. O. 12.4,al., ναῶν Id. P. 1.74, ναυσί, ναυσίν, Id. N. 7.29, P. 3.68 (νάεσσι ib.4.56), νᾶας f.l. in Theoc. 22.17:—Aeol. sg. gen. νᾶος, dat. νᾶϊ, pl. dat. νάεσσι, Alc. 19,18,79, gen. νᾱων Id. Supp. 12.9, Sapph. Supp. 5.2:—Trag. commonly use Dor. forms in lyr., Att. in dialogue (but sts. ναός, ναῶν, A. Th. 62, Pers. 340, etc.); the Ep. forms νηός S. Fr. 761, νηῶν E. IT 1485, νῆας A. Supp. 744 (lyr.), νηυσίν Id. Pers. 370 (cod. M) are prob. corrupt. (Cf. Skt. naús, Lat. nāvis, etc.)