4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of νηΐ:
Ναιάς (Naiad, river-nymph, spring-nymph): fem voc sg (epic ionic)
νηΐ,ναῦς (ship): fem dat sg (epic ionic)
ναῦς (ship): dat sg (attic)
ναῦς (ship): fem dat sg (epic)
LSJ entries
Ναϊάς
Ναϊάς
,
Ion.
Νηϊάς
,
άδος
,
ἡ
, (
νάω
)
A.
Naiad,
river-nymph,
spring-nymph
,
Od. 13.104
,
356
(pl.):
in
sg.,
A.R. 1.626
:—also
Ναΐς
,
Ion.
Νηΐς
,
ΐδος,
ἡ
,
in
sg.,
νηΐς
Ἀβαρβαρέη
Il. 6.22
;
νύμφη
τέκε
νηΐς
14.444
,
cf.
Pi. P. 9.16
,
E. Hel. 187
(lyr.):
pl.
Ναΐδες
,
Str. 10.3.10
,
Paus. 8.4.2
,
etc.
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.)