νοστέω
nosteo
go or come home, return
Appears 51 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νοστέω,
‹ All lexicon entries go or come home, return, ν. ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν Od. 1.290, Epic. ap. Aet.Gr. 2.297b; ν. οἴκαδε, οἶκόνδε, ὅνδε δόμονδε, Il. 4.103, 5.687, Od. 1.83: c. acc., ν. Ἄργος, οἶκον, OC 1386, IT 534: pleon., ὀπίσω ν. 3.26; ν. πάλιν Av. 1270: c. dat. modi, ν. κεινῇσι χερσί 1.73:—Med., νοστήσατο πάτρην 1.269.
2. abs., return safe, Il. 10.247; return, ἢ εὖ ἦε κακῶς νοστήσομεν 2.253; κάλλιον ἂν . . ἐνόστησʼ ἀντιπάλων N. 11.26, etc.
3. go or come, κεῖσε Od. 4.619; δεῦρο Hel. 474; γῆν τήνδε ib. 891; εἰς ἐκκλησίαν Ach. 29.
4. c. acc. cogn., ὑπὸ γῆς νοστήσαντι πορείαν Ep. 335c.
II. (cf. νόστος II, νόστιμος II) ἐνόστησε τὸ ὕδωρ the water became drinkable, 7.2.11.