νᾱός,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 ofνεώς, 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.fromiii B.C., IG 22.1314.18 , 1315.28 , etc., and in Hellenistic and later Gr. (along withνεώς), SIG 277 (Priene,iv B.C.), 214 (Phanagoria,iv B.C.), 494.3 (Delph.,iii B.C.), LXX 1 Ki. 1.9 , al. (νεώςonly in
A. 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