νόστ-ῐμος · nost-imos — LSJ
belonging to a return (not in Il.), ν. ἦμαρ the day of return, i.e. the return itself, Od. 1.9, 168, 3.233, etc. ; ν. φάος A. Pers. 261 ; ν. σωτηρία ib. 797 ; ν. ἦτορ AP 5.231 (Paul.Sil.).
able or likely to return, ἐπεί ῥʼ ἔτι ν. ἐστι Od. 4.806 ; ἀπόλωλε καὶ οὐκέτι ν. ἐστι 19.85, cf. A. Ag. 618 ; ν. κινεῖν πόδα, v. πούς.
(νόστος II) of plants and fruit, yielding a high return, productive, Thphr. CP 4.13.2 (Comp. and Sup.) ; φέρε δʼ ἀγρόθι νόστιμα πάντα all things in abundance, Call. Cer. 136 ; τὸ ν. τῶν καρπῶν S.E. M. 7.17.
succulent, nutritious, τροφή Sor. 1.54 (Comp.) ; of fish, Aët. 9.30 (Sup.) ; τὸ λιπαρὸν καὶ ν. Plu. QConv. 2.684d ; τὸ -ώτατον ὁ καπνὸς παραλαβὼν ἐς τὸν οὐρανὸν οἴχεται Luc. Luct. 19.
wholesome, ὕδωρ J. BJ 4.8.3 (Comp.) ; γένοιτο αὐτῷ . . τὰ ν. ἄνοστα BCH 51.148 (Tab. Defix., Cyprus) ; palatable, Phld. D. 3.13, Hsch. s.v. ἕσμιον :—in this sense expld. διὰ τὸ ἡδὺ τοῦ Ὁμηρικοῦ νόστου Eust. 1383.40.
τὸ ν., of resin obtained from galbanum, starch from wheat, the valuable part, Dsc. 3.83, 2.101 ; so τὸ ἰλυῶδες καὶ ν. Id. 5.75.
metaph., τὸ ν. [τοῦ λεγομένου] the substance, kernel, M.Ant. 2.15.
in literary criticism, succulent, εἴ τι ν. τῆς ποιήσεως, τῆς ἱστορίας, Eust.ad D.P. Prooem. pp. 70,71 : generally, ὅπερ ἦν -ώτατον ἐν σοὶ ἀπανθισάμενος Luc. Merc.Cond. 39.