νόσφι

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

νόσφῐν (nósphin) — before a vowel or for the sake of meter
νόσφ’ (nósph’) — apocopic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to return home”) + -φῐ (-phi).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nós.pʰi/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnos.pʰi/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnos.ɸi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnos.fi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnos.fi/

Adverb

νόσφῐ • (nósphi) (Epic, Lyric)

(of location) away, far away, at a distance, absent
apart, by oneself
(of motion or direction) away, off, to a distance, apart

Derived terms

ἀπονόσφι (aponósphi)

Preposition

νόσφῐ • (nósphi) (governs the genitive) (Epic, Lyric)

(of location) far from; in the absence of, apart from, without
(of motion or direction) away from, to a distance from
apart from, without the help of
except (for)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.19–21:
  ... θεοὶ δ’ ἐλέαιρον ἅπαντες
  νόσφι Ποσειδᾱ́ωνος· ὁ δ’ ἀσπερχὲς μενέαινεν
  ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆϊ πάρος ἣν γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι.
  ... theoì d’ eléairon hápantes
  nósphi Poseidā́ōnos; ho d’ asperkhès menéainen
  antithéōi Odusêï páros hḕn gaîan hikésthai.
  All the gods pitied
  except for Poseidon. He unceasingly raged
  against godlike Odysseus until he reached his homeland.

Further reading

“νόσφι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“νόσφι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
(no entry for the specified headword) 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.
- apart from idem, page 33.
- without idem, page 984.

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