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νωμ-άω , Iterat.impf.
A.νώμασκεMosch.4.108 :—Med., v.infr. : (νέμω A.I.I) :—deal out, distribute, esp. food and drink at festivals, Il.1.471, Od.3.340, etc. ; ν. φιάλαισιν ἀμπέλου παῖδα pour wine into the several cups, Pi.N.9.51 ; “ν. προπόσειςCritias 1.7 D.
II. (“νέμωA. III. 2) direct, guide,
2. of the limbs of the human body, ply,γούνατ᾽ ἐν.Il.10.358 ; “ὄμμαParm.1.35 ; “φυγᾷ πόδα ν.S.OT468 (lyr.) ; ν. ὀφρύν move the brow, A.Ch.288 ; “πτερὸν αἰθέρι ν.AP9.339 (Arch.) ; “πήδα . . παμφυὲς νωμῶν δέμαςIG42(1).130.19 (Epid.).
3. metaph., of the mind, turn over, ἐνὶ φρεσὶ κέρδε᾽ ἐνώμας thou didst use to turn wiles over in the mind, Od.18.216 ; “κέρδεα νωμῶν20.257 ; ply nimbly,ἐν στήθεσσι νόον πολυκερδέα νωμᾶν13.255.
III. Med., = νέμομαι, possess, occupy, χώραν, νῆσον, Supp.Epigr.2.511.56, al. (Crete, ii B. C.).—Poet. word, exc. in Hdt. and Pl.Il.cc. and in signf. III.
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