νήφω,
Doric dialect νάφω (see. infr. II), used by early writers only in present, mostly in participle: later imperfect ἔνηφον [[ 6th c.AD: Choricius Rhetor in “Rev.Phil.” 1877.67: ] Refs 6th c.AD+]aorist ἔνηψα [[ NT.1Pet.4.7, Oracle texts cited in 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 103, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 11.3.3, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.741 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, (ἐξ-) 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.5, (ἀν-) 1st c.BC: Nicolaus Damascenus Historicus 4 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] NT+5th c.BC+]:—to be sober, drink no wine, οὔτε τι γὰρ ν. οὔτε λίην μεθύω [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 478; νήφειν 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 213e, +others: ] Refs 7th c.BC+]participle νήφων as adjective, ={νηφάλιος}, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1228; ὑμῖν ἀντέκυρσα.. νήφων ἀοίνοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 100; ὑπ᾽ ἐχθροῦ νήφοντος ὑβριζόμην 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.74 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τοὺς μεθύοντας... πλείω ζημίαν ἀποτίνειν τῶν ν. Legal Pittaciap. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1274b20; μεθύοντα.. παρὰ νηφόντων λόγους παραβάλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 214c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. θεός, i.e. water, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 773d: proverbial, τὸ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ νήφοντος ἐπὶ τῆς γλώττης τοῦ μεθύοντος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.503f; [Ἀναξαγόρας] οἷον ν. ἑφάνη παρ᾽ εἰκῇ λέγοντας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 984b17; νήφων μεθύοντα ὑπὸ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης θεᾶται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.21; τὸ νῆφον ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους βυθίζεται 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]