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νόστος

νόστος, a return home, Νόστοι Homecomings, title in Epic cycle

νόστ-ος, ὁ, (νέομαι)
  • return home, Hom., esp. in Od., νόστοιο τέλος γλυκεροῖο 22.323; ν. μελιηδέα 11.100, al.: freq. c. gen. pers., Ἀχαιῶν ν. 1.326, al.: c. gen. objecti, ὤλεσε . . νόστον Ἀχαιίδος lost his chance of returning to Greece, 23.68; γῆς πατρῴας ν. E. IT 1066; ἐπʼ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης Od. 3.142; ν. ἐς δόμους S. OC 1409: in pl., νόστοι ἐκ πολέμων A. Pers. 861 (lyr.); ὤμοι ἐμῶν ν. S. Aj. 900 (lyr.); οἰκτρὰ νόστοις αὐδά Id. El. 193 (lyr.): generally, return, νῆας ἔπι Il. 10.509.
      • 2 generally, travel, journey, ἐπιμαίεο νόστου γαίης Φαιήκων to the land of the P., Od. 5.344; ἐπὶ φορβῆς ν. journey after (i. e. in search of) food, S. Ph. 43; ν. πρὸς Ἴλιον, Ἰλίου πύργους ἔπι, E. IA 966, 1261.
      • 3 as pr. n. Νόστοι, the homeward journeys of the Greek heroes after the taking of Troy, title of Cyclic Epic, Paus. 10.28.7, etc.; of a work by Anticlides, Ath. 11.466c.
    • II yield or produce of grain when ground, Trypho ap. Ath. 14.618d; = γεῦσις, Gloss., cf. Hsch.

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