aloof, apart, aside
νόστ-φῐν, thoughιmay also be elided, as Il. 20.7 .
I. Adv.of Place,aloof, apart, aside(cf.ἀπονόσφι),νόσφιν ἀειράσαςafter carrying the corpseaside,
Il. 24.583 ;ν. ἰδώνhaving lookedaside,
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.,alooforaway 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 οὔτ' 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 ὀϊζύοςib. 113 ; οὔτ' εἰπεῖν ἐστί τι ν. πόθων
AP 12.18
( Alph. ).
3. of mind or disposition,τοί κεν Ἀχαιῶν ν. βουλεύως' apart from,i.e.differently from,the (rest of the) Achaeans, Il. 2.347 ;ν. Δήμητρος withoutherknowledge and consent,
h.Cer. 4 ;ν. ἐμεῖοib. 72 .
4. beside, except,
ν. Ποσειδάωνος
Od. 1.20
; νόσφ' Ὠκεανοῖο
Il. 20.7
; ν. Νότου
Hes. Th. 870
.— Ep. and Lyr. word, once in A. , l.c., never in S. or E.
