νοσφίζομαι

νοσφίζομαι

[νόσφι.]

Aor. νοσφισάμην Od. 19.339.

3 sing. νοσφίσατο Od. 11.425.

Nom. sing. fem. pple. νοσφισσαμένη Od. 19.579, Od. 21.77, 104.

Acc. νοσφισσαμένην Od. 4.263.

Aor. pple. in pass. form νοσφισθείς Od. 11.73.

• • 1

    To turn away in incredulousness, disdain or aversion : ψεῦδός κεν φαῖμεν καὶ νοσφιζοίμεθα μᾶλλον Il. 2.81= Il. 24.222. Cf. Od. 11.425.

    With genit. : πατρός Od. 23.98.

  • 2

    To turn one’s back, depart : μή μʼ ἄκλαυτον καταλείπειν, νοσφισθείς Od. 11.73.

  • 3

    To turn one’s back upon, leave, quit : τόδε δῶμα Od. 19.579= Od. 21.77, Od. 21.104. Cf. Od. 4.263, Od. 19.339.

νοσφίζομαι , aor. νοσφισάμην, pass. aor. part. νοσφισθείς: depart from (τινός), hold aloof from, ‘disregard,’ Il. 2.81, Il. 24.222; w. acc., abandon. (Od.)

νοσφίζομαι,

• • Ito turn oneʼs back upon a person, to turn away, shrink back, Hom.
  • • 2to turn away from a person, c. gen., Od.
    • 3c. acc. to forsake, abandon, Hom., Soph.
  • IIafter Hom., in Act., Attic fut. νοσφιῶ: aor1 ἐνόσφισα:— to set apart or aloof, to separate, remove, Eur.:—metaph., ν. τινὰ βίου to separate him from life, i. e. kill him, Soph.; so, ν. τινά alone, Aesch.
  • • 2to deprive, rob, τινά τι one of a thing, Pind.; also, τινά τινος Aesch., Eur.
    • 3Mid. to put aside for oneself, to appropriate, purloin, Xen.:— ν. ἀπὸ τῆς τιμῆς to appropriate part of the price, NTest.
    • • bbut the Mid. is also just like the Act., to deprive, rob, Eur.