νόσφι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=before a vowel or metri gr. νόσφιν, though ι may also be elided, as <span class="bibl">Il.20.7</span>. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> Adv. of Place, [[aloof]], [[apart]], [[aside]] (cf. [[ἀπονόσφι]]), <b class="b3">νόσφιν ἀειράσας</b> after carrying the corpse [[aside]], <span class="bibl">Il.24.583</span> ; <b class="b3">ν. ἰδών</b> having looked [[aside]], <span class="bibl">Od.17.304</span> ; νόσφιν ἀπό… [[aloof from]], <span class="bibl">Il.5.322</span>, <span class="bibl">15.244</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>57</span> ; ν. ἄτερ… <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sc.</span> 15</span> ; ν. ἤ… [[besides]], [[except]], <span class="bibl">Theoc. 25.197</span> ; ν. μέν… ν. δέ [[separately]], <span class="bibl">Coluth.105</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[aside]], [[secretly]], ν. ἀκούων <span class="bibl">Il.17.408</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Prep., c. gen., [[aloof]] or <b class="b2">away from, far from</b>, <b class="b3">ν. πολέμοιο, φίλων</b>, <span class="bibl">6.443</span>, <span class="bibl">14.256</span> ; ν. πόληος <span class="bibl">Od.16.383</span>, etc. ; ν. νόσων πενίας τε <span class="bibl">B.1.60</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">without, apart from, unaided by</b>, mostly of persons, ν. δεσποίνης <span class="bibl">Od.14.9</span> ; ν. Ἀχαιῶν <span class="bibl">Il.5.803</span> ; οὔτε κακὸς ν. δαίμονος οὔτ' ἀγαθός <span class="bibl">Thgn.166</span> ; ν. ἡγητῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>239</span> ; of things, ν. ἄτερ τε κακῶν καὶ ἄτερ… πόνοιο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>91</span> ; <b class="b3">ν. ἄτερ τε πόνων καὶ ὀϊζύος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">113</span> ; οὔτ' εἰπεῖν ἐστί τι ν. πόθων <span class="title">AP</span>12.18 (Alph.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of mind or disposition, <b class="b3">τοί κεν Ἀχαιῶν ν. βουλεύωσ'</b> [[apart from]], i.e. [[differently from]], the (rest of the) Achaeans, <span class="bibl">Il.2.347</span> ; <b class="b3">ν. Δήμητρος</b> [[without]] her <b class="b2">knowledge and consent</b>, h.Cer.4 ; <b class="b3">ν. ἐμεῖο</b> ib.72. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[beside]], [[except]], ν. Ποσειδάωνος <span class="bibl">Od.1.20</span> ; νόσφ' Ὠκεανοῖο <span class="bibl">Il.20.7</span> ; ν. Νότου <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span> 870</span>.—Ep. and Lyr. word, once in A., l.c., never in S. or E.</span>