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νόσφι

νόσφι, aloof, apart, afar, away

νόσφῐ, before a vowel or metri gr. νόσφιν, though ι may also be elided, as Il. 20.7.
    • I Adv. of Place, aloof, apart, aside (cf. ἀπονόσφι), νόσφιν ἀειράσας after carrying the corpse aside, Il. 24.583; ν. ἰδών having looked aside, Od. 17.304; νόσφιν ἀπό . . aloof from, Il. 5.322, 15.244, Hes. Th. 57; ν. ἄτερ . . Id. Sc. 15; ν. ἤ . . besides, except, Theoc. 25.197; ν. μέν . . ν. δέ separately, Coluth. 105.
      • 2 aside, secretly, ν. ἀκούων Il. 17.408.
    • II as Prep., c. gen., aloof or away from, far from, ν. πολέμοιο, φίλων, 6.443, 14.256; ν. πόληος Od. 16.383, etc.; ν. νόσων πενίας τε B. 1.60.
      • 2 without, apart from, unaided by, mostly of persons, ν. δεσποίνης Od. 14.9; ν. Ἀχαιῶν Il. 5.803; οὔτε κακὸς ν. δαίμονος οὔτʼ ἀγαθός Thgn. 166; ν. ἡγητῶν A. Supp. 239; of things, ν. ἄτερ τε κακῶν καὶ ἄτερ . . πόνοιο Hes. Op. 91; ν. ἄτερ τε πόνων καὶ ὀϊζύος ib. 113; οὔτʼ εἰπεῖν ἐστί τι ν. πόθων AP 12.18 (Alph.).
      • 3 of mind or disposition, τοί κεν Ἀχαιῶν ν. βουλεύωσʼ apart from, i.e. differently from, the (rest of the) Achaeans, Il. 2.347; ν. Δήμητρος without her knowledge and consent, h.Cer. 4; ν. ἐμεῖο ib. 72.
      • 4 beside, except, ν. Ποσειδάωνος Od. 1.20; νόσφʼ Ὠκεανοῖο Il. 20.7; ν. Νότου Hes. Th. 870.—Ep. and Lyr. word, once in A., l.c., never in S. or E.

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