νηφάλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=νηφαλία, νηφάλιον, also νηφάλιος, νηφάλιον ''1 Ep.Ti.''3.11, Plu. 2.657c: ([[νήφω]]):—of [[drink]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[unmixed with wine]], [[νηφάλια μειλίγματα]] = [[wineless libations]], [[sober appeasements]], [[appeasements without wine]], [[offerings of water, milk, and honey]] to the [[Eumenides]], A.''Eu.''107; to the Muses and Nymphs, [[κρατήρ|κρατὴρ]] νηφάλιος Plu.2.156d; [[νηφάλιαι εὐχωλαί]], [[νηφάλιαι θυσίαι]], A.R.4.712, Polem.Hist.42; νηφάλιοι βωμοί ''IG''2.1651 (iv B.C.); νηφάλια καὶ [[μελίσπονδα]] [[θύειν]] Plu.2.464c, 672b; [[τῷ Διονύσῳ πολλάκις νηφάλια θύομεν]] ib. 132e ([[proverb|prov.]] of a [[frugal]] [[meal]]); ν. σπείσω Κύπριδι ''AP''5.225 (Paul. Sil.); [[νηφάλια ξύλα]] = [[wood]] other than vine [[twig]]s, [[burned]] in [[sacrifice]]s, esp. the twigs of the herb [[θύμος]], Philoch.31, Crates Hist.5; [[νηφάλιον πόπανον]] = [[pie with no wine in]] it, ''IG''3.77.18.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[sober]], ν. [[μέθη]] Ph.1.16, 2.447; οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον = [[silence]] is something [[profound]] and [[mysterious]] and [[sober]], but [[drunkenness]] [[chatter]]s Plu.2.504a; of persons, ''1 Ep.Ti.''3.2,''ΙΙ'', ''Ep.Tit.''2.2, J.''AJ''13.12.2. Adv. [[νηφαλίως]] = [[soberly]], [[νηφαλίως ἔχειν]] = [[be sober]] Poll.6.26.