νυστ-άζω,
future -άξω [[ LXX.Isa.5.27 ] LXX]: aorist ἐνύσταξα [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 7.8, LXX.2Ki.4.6, +others; ἐνύστασα 4th c.BC: Dionysius Comicus 2.43, “Anthologia Graeca” 12.135 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus)] LXX+4th c.BC+]:— mostly present, to be half asleep, doze, νυστάζοντα οὐδένα ἂν ἴδοις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.43; ὥσπερ οἱ νυστάζοντες ἐγειρόμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 31a; ὀφθαλμοὶ πλέοντες ὥσπερ τῶν νυσταζόντων 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐχὶ νυστάζειν ἔτι ὥρα ’στίν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 639, compare 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 2.1, “Comica Adespota” 185; νυστάζοντος δικαστοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 405c: _metaphorically_, ν. τε καὶ ἀπορεῖ [prev. author] “Ion” 533a; τὸν νυστάζοντα καὶ ἀμαθῆ φύσει [prev. author] “Lg.” 747b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔν τινι in a thing, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.675b. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 hang the head, ἐδάκρυσεν καὶ ἐνύστασε [[“Anthologia Graeca” l] Refs].with (Cf. Lithuanian snústi (stem snúd-) 'grow drowsy'.)