1. νήφω · nēphō — Beekes
to be sober
The corpus record
νήφω
nepho
to be sober
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- 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.
Senses
2. νήφω · nēphō — LSJ
to be sober, drink no wine
Attestations
- νήφοντας · nēphontas Plato, Republic 3.396 (DIORISIS sentence 1665)
- νήφοντος · nēphontos Plato, Phaedrus 240 (DIORISIS sentence 273)
- νήφειν · nēphein Plato, Symposium 213 (DIORISIS sentence 812)
- νηφόντων · nēphontōn Plato, Symposium 214 (DIORISIS sentence 835)
- Νήφειν · Nēphein Plato, Symposium 222 (DIORISIS sentence 992)
- νήφων · nēphōn Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 106)
6 of 42 attestations shown. Ask for more.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1070-1071; entry #4345 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
Downloads
Word record (JSON)·Concordance (CSV)·Frequencies (CSV)·Cite (BibTeX)
CC BY 4.0, with receipt attribution. What is exportable