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νήφω

nepho

to be sober

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Where it lives

1 Peter 3 · 17.4/10k
1 Thessalonians 2 · 13.76/10k
2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
Fragments 2 · 5.02/10k
Lysistrata 2 · 2.52/10k
Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Symposium 3 · 1.72/10k
On the Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Laws 8 · 0.78/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. νήφω · nēphō — Beekes

νήφω [v.] ‘to be sober’, often metaphorical. 41Ὲ *h,eg”*- ‘drink’, *n(e)-hg”"- ‘sober’> VAR Dor. νάφω. In the older language only present, mostly ptc. (IA, Thgn., Archil.); aor. νῆψαι (J., 1 Ep. Pet. 4, 7). eCOMP Also with prefix, e.g. ἀνα-, &k-. eDER 1. νήφων, -ovoc in νήφονες’ νήφοντες (H.), dat.pl. νήφοσι (Thgn.); 2. νηφάλιος ‘without wine’, of libations, etc. (A.), later also of persons ‘sober’ (Ph., J.), whence … — [Beekes, s.v. νήφω, p. 1070]

2. νήφω · nēphō — LSJ

to be sober, drink no wine

to be sober, drink no wine, οὔτε τι γὰρ ν. οὔτε λίην μεθύω Thgn. 478; νήφειν Archil. 4, Pl. Smp. 213e, al.: part. νήφων as Adj., = νηφάλιος, Hdt. 1.133, Ar. Lys. 1228; ὑμῖν ἀντέκυρσα . . νήφων ἀοίνοις S. OC 100; ὑπʼ ἐχθροῦ νήφοντος ὑβριζόμην D. 21.74; τὸ τοὺς μεθύοντας . . . πλείω ζημίαν ἀποτίνειν τῶν ν. Lex Pittaci ap. Arist. Pol. 1274b20; μεθύοντα . . παρὰ νηφόντων λόγους παραβάλλειν Pl. Smp. 214c; ν. θεός, i.e. water, Id. Lg. 773d: prov., τὸ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ νήφοντος ἐπὶ τῆς γλώττης τοῦ μεθύο

II to be self-controlled, to be sober and wary

metaph., to be self-controlled, Pl. Lg. 918d; to be sober and wary, νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασʼ ἀπιστεῖν Epich. [250]; γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν 1 Ep.Thess. 5.6; νήψατε εἰς προσευχάς 1 Ep.Pet. l.c.; νήφων καὶ πεφροντικώς Plu. Praec. 2.800b; ν. καὶ φροντιστής Gal. 17(1).991; προμηθής τε καὶ ν. Hdn. 2.15.1; καρδίῃ νήφοντος Poet. ap. Longin. 34.4; ν. λογισμός Epicur. Ep. 3p.64U.

2 recover oneself

ν. ἐκ κακοῦ recover oneself from . . , Ach.Tat. 1.13; ἐγερθέντων καὶ νηψάντων ἀπὸ τῆς πτώσεως Procl. l.c.

In the wild

νήφοντες · nēphontes Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1228 (DIORISIS sentence 959)
νήφοντες · nēphontes Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1231 (DIORISIS sentence 961)
νήφων · nēphōn Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 106)
νηφόντων · nēphontōn Aristotle, Politics 1274b (DIORISIS sentence 866)
νήφοντας · nēphontas Aristotle, Politics 1274b (DIORISIS sentence 862)
νήφοντας · nēphontas Aristotle, Politics 1274b (DIORISIS sentence 867)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. νήφω (scan pp. 1070-1071; entry #4345).

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