νᾱός, ὁ,
Doric dialect, Thess., etc. form, [[ “Leg.Gort.” 1.42, “IG” 9(2).517.45 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC), etc., used also in Trag. (even dialogue) to the exclusion of νεώς, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 8, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 31, +others, except 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 810 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], rare in Attic dialect Prose and Comedy texts, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 394a, “Lg.” 738c, 814b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1174a24, 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 29.1, more frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, “HG” 2.3.20, “An.” 5.3.9, +others, found in _Attic dialect_ Inscrr.from 3rd c.BC, “IG” 22.1314.18, 1315.28, etc., and in Hellenistic and later Gr. (along with νεώς), “SIG” 277 (Priene, 4th c.BC), 214 (Phanagoria, 4th c.BC), 494.3 (Delph., 3rd c.BC), LXX.1Ki.1.9, +others (νεώς] LXX+5th c.BC+] only in 2 Ma.), [[ “UPZ” 6.22 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.30.2 (νεώς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.4.4), etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Ionic dialectνηός, always in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below), but _genitive_ νε[ώ] “IG” 12(7).1.4 (Amorgos, 5th c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; dative νειῴ [[ “Michel” 832.38 (Samos, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Attic dialect νεώς (Attic Inscrr. of see-3rd c.BC (see. below), once in Trag. (see. above), frequently in Prose authors and found in Comedy texts (see. below)); declension, nominative νεώς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.1; _genitive_ νεώ “IG” 12.4.9,80.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 733, “IG” 22.1524.45, “SIG” 1219.32 (Gambreum, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; dative νεῴ [[ “IG” 12.6.122, 256.4, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.39, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 40.3, “IG” 22.1504.7] Refs 5th c.BC+]; accusative νεών [[[prev. work]12.24.13, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 401, “Pl.” 741, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 139, _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 340, later νεώ “IG” 22.212.35 (4th c.BC), +others, LXX.2Mac.6.2, +others, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.58 (variant{νεών}), “SIG” 877 A 10 (2nd-3rd c.AD), variant in 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.26, but νεών 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 27(16).19 (variant{νεώ}), 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 3.6 (variant{νεώ} Bast “Epist.Crit.” p.176), etc.: _plural_ _nominative_ νεῴ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.4.7; _accusative_ νεώς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 810, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.117, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.4.4; _dative_ νεῴς “IG” 12.384 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; on the accent see Hdn.Gr.1.8: Aeolic dialect ναῦος [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 9, “IG” 12 (2).60.27 (Mytil.)] Refs 7th c.BC+]; Spartan ναϝός [prev. work]5(1).1564 (plural, found at Delos, 5th-4th c.BC):—temple, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.39, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.21 (_plural_), etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]