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νοστέω

nosteo

go

Appears 51 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

νοστέω, A. go or come home, return, ν. ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν Od. 1.290, Epic. ap. Plu. 2.297b; ν. οἴκαδε, οἶκόνδε, ὅνδε δόμονδε, Il. 4.103, 5.687, Od. 1.83: c. acc., ν. Ἄργος, οἶκον, S. OC 1386, E. IT 534: pleon., ὀπίσω ν. Hdt. 3.26; ν. πάλιν Ar. Av. 1270: c. dat. modi, ν. κεινῇσι χερσί Hdt. 1.73:—Med., νοστήσατο πάτρην Q.S. 1.269. 2. abs., return safe, Il. 10.247; return, ἢ εὖ ἦε κακῶς νοστήσομεν 2.253; κάλλιον ἂν . . ἐνόστησʼ ἀντιπάλων Pi. N. 11.26, etc. 3. go or come, κεῖσε Od. 4.619; δεῦρο E. Hel. 474; γῆν τήνδε ib.891; εἰς ἐκκλησίαν Ar. Ach. 29. 4. c. acc. cogn., ὑπὸ γῆς νοστήσαντι πορείαν Pl. Ep. 335c. II. (cf. νόστος II, νόστιμος II) ἐνόστησε τὸ ὕδωρ the water became drinkable, Paus. 7.2.11.
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