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νοστέω

nosteo

go, come home, return, return safe

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What it meant

νοστ-έω · nost-eō — LSJ

go, come home, return

go or come home, return, ν. ἐς πατρίδα γαῖαν Od. 1.290, Epic. ap. Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.297b; ν. οἴκαδε, οἶκόνδε, ὅνδε δόμονδε, Il. 4.103, 5.687, Od. 1.83: c. acc., ν. Ἄργος, οἶκον, S. OC 1386, E. IT 534: pleon., ὀπίσω ν. Hdt. 3.26; ν. πάλιν Ar. Av. 1270: c. dat. modi, ν. κεινῇσι χερσί Hdt. 1.73:—Med., νοστήσατο πάτρην Q.S. 1.269.

2 return safe, return

abs., return safe, Il. 10.247; return, ἢ εὖ ἦε κακῶς νοστήσομεν 2.253; κάλλιον ἂν . . ἐνόστησʼ ἀντιπάλων Pi. N. 11.26, etc.

3 go, come

go or come, κεῖσε Od. 4.619; δεῦρο E. Hel. 474; γῆν τήνδε ib. 891; εἰς ἐκκλησίαν Ar. Ach. 29.

4

c. acc. cogn., ὑπὸ γῆς νοστήσαντι πορείαν Pl. Ep. 335c.

II became drinkable

(cf. νόστος II, νόστιμος II) ἐνόστησε τὸ ὕδωρ the water became drinkable, Paus. 7.2.11.

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