νόστιμος

From νόστος (nóstos, “homecoming”) +‎ -ιμος (-imos, adjective suffix).

νόστῐμος • (nóstimos) m or f (neuter νόστῐμον); second declension

1. (often Homeric, in the Odyssey) of or relating to homecoming
   1. usually in the phrase νόστιμον ἦμαρ (nóstimon êmar, “day of homecoming, return home”)
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.354–355:

        οὐ γὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς οἶος ἀπώλεσε νόστιμον ἦμαρ
        ἐν Τροίῃ, πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι φῶτες ὄλοντο.

        ou gàr Odusseùs oîos apṓlese nóstimon êmar
        en Troíēi, polloì dè kaì álloi phôtes ólonto.

        
        for Odysseus wasn't the only one to lose his homecoming day
        in Troy; many other men perished too.

   2. able, likely, or destined to return home
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.85:

        εἰ δ’ ὁ μὲν ὣς ἀπόλωλε καὶ οὐκέτι νόστιμός ἐστιν,

        ei d’ ho mèn hṑs apólōle kaì oukéti nóstimós estin,

        If, as it seems, has perished and is no longer destined to return home,

2. (of plants) productive, producing high yield
   1. succulent, nutritious, wholesome, delicious

• νόστῐμον (nóstimon)
• ᾰ̓νόστῐμος (anóstimos)

• Greek: νόστιμος (nóstimos)
• Pontic Greek: νόστιμος (nóstimos)
  • → Laz: ნოსთონი (nostoni), ნოსტონი (nosťoni) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni

• “νόστιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νόστιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νόστιμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νόστιμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • home-coming idem, page 404.
  • returning idem, page 708.

Inherited from Ancient Greek νόστιμος (nóstimos, “of homecoming”), Hellenistic sense "wholesome, productive", mediaeval sense "delicious, tasty". See νόστος (nóstos, “homecoming,”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.sti.mos/
• Hyphenation: νό‧στι‧μος

νόστιμος • (nóstimos) m (feminine νόστιμη, neuter νόστιμο)

1. tasty (food, drink, etc)

   Synonym: γευστικός (gefstikós)

   Antonyms: ανούσιος (anoúsios), άγευστος (ágefstos)

2. nice, attractive

• νόστιμος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Inherited from Ancient Greek νόστιμος (nóstimos).

νόστιμος (nóstimos) m (feminine νόστιμεσσα, neuter νόστιμον)

1. tasty
2. (figuratively, of a person) attractive, comely

• νόσταση (nóstasi)

• → Laz: ნოსთონი (nostoni), ნოსტონი (nosťoni) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni

• Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1961) “νόστιμος”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), volume II, Athens: Myrtidis, page 82b