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νήφω

nepho

to be sober, drink no wine

Appears 15 times across Plato's dialogues.

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νήφω, Dor. νάφω (v. infr. II), used by early writers only in pres., mostly in part.: later impf. ἔνηφον Chor. in Rev.Phil. 1877.67: aor. ἔνηψα IEp.Pet. 4.7, Orac. ap. Ael. Fr. 103, J. AJ 11.3.3, Procl. in Prm. p.741 S., (ἐξ-) Aret. SD 1.5, (ἀν-) Nic.Dam. 4 J.:—A. to be sober, drink no wine, οὔτε τι γὰρ ν. οὔτε λίην μεθύω Thgn. 478; νήφειν Archil. 4, Pl. Smp. 213e, al.: part. νήφων as Adj., = νηφάλιος, Hdt. 1.133, Ar. Lys. 1228; ὑμῖν ἀντέκυρσα . . νήφων ἀοίνοις S. OC 100; ὑπʼ ἐχθροῦ νήφοντος ὑβριζόμην D. 21.74; τὸ τοὺς μεθύοντας . . . πλείω ζημίαν ἀποτίνειν τῶν ν. Lex Pittaci ap. Arist. Pol. 1274b20; μεθύοντα . . παρὰ νηφόντων λόγους παραβάλλειν Pl. Smp. 214c; ν. θεός, i.e. water, Id. Lg. 773d: prov., τὸ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ νήφοντος ἐπὶ τῆς γλώττης τοῦ μεθύοντος Plu. 2.503f; [Ἀναξαγόρας] οἷον ν. ἑφάνη παρʼ εἰκῇ λέγοντας Arist. Metaph. 984b17; νήφων μεθύοντα ὑπὸ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης θεᾶται X. Smp. 8.21; τὸ νῆφον ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους βυθίζεται Alciphr. 1.13. II. metaph., to be self-controlled, Pl. Lg. 918d; to be sober and wary, νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασʼ ἀπιστεῖν Epich.[250]; γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν 1 Ep.Thess. 5.6; νήψατε εἰς προσευχάς 1 Ep.Pet.l.c.; νήφων καὶ πεφροντικώς Plu. 2.800b; ν. καὶ φροντιστής Gal. 17(1).991; προμηθής τε καὶ ν. Hdn. 2.15.1; καρδίῃ νήφοντος Poet. ap. Longin. 34.4; ν. λογισμός Epicur. Ep. 3p.64U. 2. ν. ἐκ κακοῦ recover oneself from . . , Ach.Tat. 1.13; ἐγερθέντων καὶ νηψάντων ἀπὸ τῆς πτώσεως Procl.l.c.
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