A.“νεύσω” Od.16.283, etc.: aor. ἔνευσα, Ep. νεῦσα (v. infr.): pf. “νένευκα” E.IA1581, etc. (fut. Med. νεύσομαι only in compds.):—incline in any direction:
1. nod, beckon, as a sign, “νεύσω μέν τοι ἐγὼ κεφαλῇ” Od.16.283; “νεῦσ᾽ Αἴας Φοίνικι” Il.9.223, cf. Od.17.330; “νεῦσαν ἐς ἀλλήλους” h.Hom.7.9; “ὅρκος βέβαιός ἐστιν ἂν νεύσω μόνον” Alex.91, cf. 178.3; beckon with the hand, “δεξιᾷ δέ μοι ἔνευσε” Ezek.Exag.73: c. inf., beckon to one to do a thing, in token of command, “νεανίαις ἔνευσε παρθένον λαβεῖν” E.Hec.545.
2. nod or bow in token of assent, “ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ν.” Pi.I.8(7).50; νεῦσον, “Κρονίων” Id.P.1.71; “νεῦσον, τέκνον, πείσθητι” S.Ph.484, cf. Ar.Pax 883: c. acc. et inf., grant, assure, promise that . . , “νεῦσε δέ οἱ λαὸν σόον ἔμμεναι” Il.8.246: c. inf. fut., Pi.O.7.67: c. inf. aor., AP6.244 (Crin.): c. acc. rei, grant, promise, “νεῦσε δέ οἱ κούρην” h.Cer.445, cf. 463; “νεύσατε τὰν ἀδόκητον χάριν” S.OC248 (lyr.), cf. E.Alc.978 (lyr.).
3. generally, nod, bend forward, of warriors, Il.13.133; “νεῦον τὸ αἰδοῖον” Hdt.2.48; “λόφος καθύπερθεν ἔνευεν” Il.3.337, cf. Alc.15.3, etc.; “στάχυες νεύοιεν ἔραζε” Hes.Op.473, etc.; “ν. κάτω” stoop, E.El.839; “ν. ἐς τὴν γῆν” Ar.V.1110, cf. Theoc.22.90: c. acc., “οὕτω νῦν μνηστῆρες . . νεύοιεν κεφαλὰς δεδμημένοι” Od.18.237; “ἐς πέδον κάρα νεῦσαι φόβῳ” S.Ant.270, cf. 441.
4. incline, slope, ν. ἀπό τινος εἴς τι incline to wards, Th.4.100; εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ν. tend to the same point, Pl.Lg.945d; πρὸς τὸ λυπῆσαν, πρὸς τοῖς ῥήμασιν, Alex.Aphr. Pr.1.48,78; of countries, etc., slope, ν. εἰς δύσεις, πρὸς τὸ πέλαγος, Plb.1.42.6, 1.73.5, etc.; of buildings, etc., look, face, εἰς νότον, etc., PLond.3.978 (iv A.D.), etc.; “μηδαμοῦ ν.” to be in equilibrium, Plb.6.10.7; “ταῖς πρῴραις ἔξω νεύοντα τὰ σκάφη” Id.1.26.12: Geom., of straight lines, verge, tend to a point (i. e. to pass through it when produced), Arist.AP0.76b9, Apollon.Perg.1.2, etc.: metaph., to be inclined, “ἄλλως ν.” Theoc.7.109; ν. εἰς ὀργάν, εἰς ἔλεον, APl.4.136 (Antiphil.); “ἐπὶ χάριν” Phalar.Ep.78; “πρὸς γαστέρα” Ath.14.659a; “πρὸς θῆλυ” Trag.Adesp.355.
II. metaph., decline, fall away, “ἐκ . . τῶν ποτε λαμπρῶν νεύει βίοτος, νεύει δὲ τύχα” E.Fr.153: in Neo-Platonic philosophy, decline, sink in the scale of Being, Plot.2.9.4, etc.
III. νεύει: ἐπανέρχεται ἢ μᾶλλον φεύγει, Hsch.
IV. Pass., only pf. part. νενευμένος inclined, Teucerin Cat.Cod.Astr.7.202. (Cf. Skt. návate 'turn round', Lat. nuo.）
