νεῦμα, ατος, τό,
(νεύω) nod, sign, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νεύματος ἕνεκα χαλεπαίνειν for a mere nod, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.20; ν. χειρός 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 26.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 expression of will, command, μονοψήφοισι νεύμασι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 373 (Lyric poetry); ἀπὸ νεύματος προστάττειν τινί 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.38.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; approval, sanction, ἀετὸς φέρων ἐκ Διὸς ταῖς εὐχαῖς ν. [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 12a. 1, compare “IG” 3.636] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; control, ὑποτάττειν Παλαιστίνην τῷ ν. τινός Chor.p.28B.
__II quarter of the heavens, [[ 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 517. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 generally, direction, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.4.39, “PMag.Par.” 1.178. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]