νόσφι
nosphi
aloof, apart, aside
Appears 46 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νόσφι, before a vowel or metri gr. νόσφιν, though ι may also be elided, as Il. 20.7. I. Adv. of Place, aloof, apart, aside (cf. ἀπονόσφι), νόσφιν ἀειράσας after carrying the corpse aside, Il. 24.583 ; ν. ἰδών having looked aside, Od. 17.304 ; νόσφιν ἀπό . . aloof from, Il. 5.322, 15.244, Th. 57 ; ν. ἄτερ . . Sc. 15 ; ν. ἤ . . besides, except, 25.197 ; ν. μέν . . ν. δέ separately, 105. 2. aside, secretly, ν. ἀκούων Il. 17.408. II. as Prep., c. gen., aloof or away from, far from, ν. πολέμοιο, φίλων, 6.443, 14.256 ; ν. πόληος Od. 16.383, etc. ; ν. νόσων πενίας τε 1.60. 2. without, apart from, unaided by, mostly of persons, ν. δεσποίνης Od. 14.9 ; ν. Ἀχαιῶν Il. 5.803 ; οὔτε κακὸς ν. δαίμονος οὔτʼ ἀγαθός 166 ; ν. ἡγητῶν Supp. 239 ; of things, ν. ἄτερ τε κακῶν καὶ ἄτερ . . πόνοιο Op. 91 ; ν. ἄτερ τε πόνων καὶ ὀϊζύος ib.113 ; οὔτʼ εἰπεῖν ἐστί τι ν. πόθων AP 12.18 (). 3. of mind or disposition, τοί κεν Ἀχαιῶν ν. βουλεύωσʼ apart from, i.e. differently from, the (rest of the) Achaeans, Il. 2.347 ; ν. Δήμητρος without her knowledge and consent, 4 ; ν. ἐμεῖο ib.72. 4. beside, except, ν. Ποσειδάωνος Od. 1.20 ; νόσφʼ Ὠκεανοῖο Il. 20.7 ; ν. Νότου Th. 870.—Ep. and Lyr. word, once in , l.c., never in or
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