ναῦς,ἡ, (v. infr.)
A. ship,
Hom. , etc. (but rare in non-literary Hellenistic Greek, once inNT,
Act.Ap. 27.41 ,πλοῖονbeing generally used);ἐν νήεσσιorἐν νηυσίνatthe ships,i.e. in the camp formed by the ships drawn up on shore, Il. 2.688 , 11.659 ;νῆες μακραί shipsof war, built long and taper for speed, Th. 1.41 , etc.; opp.νῆες στρογγύλαιround-built merchant-ships,
Hdt. 1.163 , etc.;νέεςalone, = τριήρεις , opp.πεντηκόντεροι,
Id. 8.1 ;νῆες κεναί,i.e. without fighting men in them, D. 3.5 ;ναῦς μακράcollective forμακραί, A. Pers. 380 .— Att. d<*><*><*>Νεω<>ν(Νηω<>νisv.l. in
Lys. 13.15 ),ναυοί, Ναυ<>ς; in later writers, <*>m. pl.ναῦς,acc. pl.νῆας,
D.S. 13.13 , Plb. 5.2.4 , etc., cf. Phryn. 147 :— Ep.
νηῦς,νηός, νηί̈, νῆα,pl.νῆες, νηῶν, νηυσίorνήεσσι, 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.νῆυςdub. 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 givesνεῦς, νεί̈(v.l. in