Iliad 3:159 nee/sqw

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Iliad 3:159 nee/sqw

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I cannot figure out the last word of this line. Is anyone out there willing to help me out? (Silly question. Of course you are willing.)
[size=150]ἀλλὰ καὶ ὧς τοίη περ ἐοῦσ’ ἐν νηυσὶ νεέσθω[/size]

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"Let her go/return." 3rd sg. middle imperative of νέομαι.
William S. Annis — http://www.aoidoi.org/http://www.scholiastae.org/
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;

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Thanks. Perseus kept trying to tell me that it was from a verb meaning 'to swim'.

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