νόστος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to return home”) + -τος (-tos). See νέομαι (néomai, “to go or come back”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nós.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnos.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnos.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnos.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnos.tos/
Noun
νόστος • (nóstos) m (genitive νόστου); second declension
- the act of reaching a place: journey, arrival
- the act of returning or going back
- (Epic) returning home, homecoming, a safe journey home
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ νόστος ho nóstos |
τὼ νόστω tṑ nóstō |
οἱ νόστοι hoi nóstoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νόστου toû nóstou |
τοῖν νόστοιν toîn nóstoin |
τῶν νόστων tôn nóstōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νόστῳ tôi nóstōi |
τοῖν νόστοιν toîn nóstoin |
τοῖς νόστοις toîs nóstois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νόστον tòn nóston |
τὼ νόστω tṑ nóstō |
τοὺς νόστους toùs nóstous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νόστε nóste |
νόστω nóstō |
νόστοι nóstoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
Terms derived from νόστος (nóstos)
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References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 766
- νόστος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νόστος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νόστος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νόστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νόστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- νόστος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- home-coming idem, page 404.
- return idem, page 708.
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