νᾶμα, ατος, τό,
(νάω) anything flowing, running water, stream, spring, ν. Μναμοσύνας conjecture in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 45, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 806, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1130 (Lyric poetry); Κασταλίδος νάματα “Paean Delphicus [2nd c.BC]” 1.6; δακρύων θερμὰ ν. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 919; νάματ᾽ ὄσσων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 625; ν. πυρός [prev. author] “Med.” 1187; ν. Βάκχιον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 14; μὰ νάματα 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 296 (= 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 38)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. θυγατέρων ταύρων, i.e. honey, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus Tars. cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.269] Refs 1st c.AD+]; φλέγματος, χολῆς ν., [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 42: frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, as κρηνῶν καὶ ποταμῶν νάματα “Criti.” 111d: _metaphorically_, λόγων ν. “Ti.” 75e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 wooden conduit, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II νάματα· προβολαί, [[[prev. author] ] Refs]