νόστιμος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From νόστος (nóstos, “homecoming”) + -ιμος (-imos, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nós.ti.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnos.ti.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnos.ti.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnos.ti.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnos.ti.mos/
Adjective
[edit]νόστῐμος • (nóstĭmos) m or f (neuter νόστῐμον); second declension
- (often Homeric, in the Odyssey) of or relating to homecoming
- usually in the phrase νόστιμον ἦμαρ (nóstimon êmar, “day of homecoming, return home”)
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.354–355:
- οὐ γὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς οἶος ἀπώλεσε νόστιμον ἦμαρ
ἐν Τροίῃ, πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι φῶτες ὄλοντο.- ou gàr Odusseùs oîos apṓlese nóstimon êmar
en Troíēi, polloì dè kaì álloi phôtes ólonto. - [Telemachus speaking to Penelope:]
for Odysseus wasn't the only one to lose his homecoming day
in Troy; many other men perished too.
- ou gàr Odusseùs oîos apṓlese nóstimon êmar
- οὐ γὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς οἶος ἀπώλεσε νόστιμον ἦμαρ
- able, likely, or destined to return home
- usually in the phrase νόστιμον ἦμαρ (nóstimon êmar, “day of homecoming, return home”)
- (of plants) productive, producing high yield
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | νόστῐμος nóstĭmos |
νόστῐμον nóstĭmon |
νοστῐ́μω nostĭ́mō |
νοστῐ́μω nostĭ́mō |
νόστῐμοι nóstĭmoi |
νόστῐμᾰ nóstĭmă | ||||||||
Genitive | νοστῐ́μου nostĭ́mou |
νοστῐ́μου nostĭ́mou |
νοστῐ́μοιν nostĭ́moin |
νοστῐ́μοιν nostĭ́moin |
νοστῐ́μων nostĭ́mōn |
νοστῐ́μων nostĭ́mōn | ||||||||
Dative | νοστῐ́μῳ nostĭ́mōi |
νοστῐ́μῳ nostĭ́mōi |
νοστῐ́μοιν nostĭ́moin |
νοστῐ́μοιν nostĭ́moin |
νοστῐ́μοις nostĭ́mois |
νοστῐ́μοις nostĭ́mois | ||||||||
Accusative | νόστῐμον nóstĭmon |
νόστῐμον nóstĭmon |
νοστῐ́μω nostĭ́mō |
νοστῐ́μω nostĭ́mō |
νοστῐ́μους nostĭ́mous |
νόστῐμᾰ nóstĭmă | ||||||||
Vocative | νόστῐμε nóstĭme |
νόστῐμον nóstĭmon |
νοστῐ́μω nostĭ́mō |
νοστῐ́μω nostĭ́mō |
νόστῐμοι nóstĭmoi |
νόστῐμᾰ nóstĭmă | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
νοστῐ́μως nostĭ́mōs |
νοστῐμώτερος nostĭmṓteros |
νοστῐμώτᾰτος nostĭmṓtătos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Derived terms
[edit]- νόστῐμον (nóstĭmon)
- ᾰ̓νόστῐμος (ănóstĭmos)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “νόστιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νόστιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νόστιμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νόστιμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- home-coming idem, page 404.
- returning idem, page 708.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ancient Greek νόστιμος (nóstimos, “of homecoming”), Hellenistic sense "wholesome, productive", mediaeval sense "delicious, tasty". See νόστος (nóstos, “homecoming,”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]νόστιμος • (nóstimos) m (feminine νόστιμη, neuter νόστιμο)
- tasty (food, drink, etc)
- nice, attractive
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | νόστιμος (nóstimos) | νόστιμη (nóstimi) | νόστιμο (nóstimo) | νόστιμοι (nóstimoi) | νόστιμες (nóstimes) | νόστιμα (nóstima) | |
genitive | νόστιμου (nóstimou) | νόστιμης (nóstimis) | νόστιμου (nóstimou) | νόστιμων (nóstimon) | νόστιμων (nóstimon) | νόστιμων (nóstimon) | |
accusative | νόστιμο (nóstimo) | νόστιμη (nóstimi) | νόστιμο (nóstimo) | νόστιμους (nóstimous) | νόστιμες (nóstimes) | νόστιμα (nóstima) | |
vocative | νόστιμε (nóstime) | νόστιμη (nóstimi) | νόστιμο (nóstimo) | νόστιμοι (nóstimoi) | νόστιμες (nóstimes) | νόστιμα (nóstima) |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο νόστιμος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο νόστιμος, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο νοστιμότερος", etc)
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Derived terms
[edit]- νόστιμα (nóstima, “tastily; pleasantly”, adverb)
- πεντανόστιμος (pentanóstimos, “very tasty”)
Related terms
[edit]- ανοσταίνω (anostaíno, “make insipid”)
- ανοστεύω (anostévo, “make insipid”)
- ανοστιά f (anostiá, “tastelessness”)
- άνοστος (ánostos, “tasteless”)
- νοστιμάδα f (nostimáda, “savouriness, palatability”)
- νοστιμεύομαι (nostimévomai, “fancy, find to one's taste”)
- νοστιμεύω (nostimévo, “season, make tasty; become pretty”)
- νοστιμιά f (nostimiá, “savouriness, palatability”)
- νοστιμίζω (nostimízo, “season, make tasty”)
- but see: νοσταλγία f (nostalgía, “nostalgia”)
Further reading
[edit]- νόστιμος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Pontic Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ancient Greek νόστιμος (nóstimos).
Adjective
[edit]νόστιμος (nóstimos) m (feminine νόστιμεσσα, neuter νόστιμον)
- tasty
- (figuratively, of a person) attractive, comely
Derived terms
[edit]- νοστιμάδα (nostimáda)
- νοστιμεύκομαι (nostiméfkomai)
- νοστιμία (nostimía)
- νοστιμίζω (nostimízo)
- νοστιμύνω (nostimýno)
- νοστιμωτός (nostimotós)
Related terms
[edit]- νόσταση (nóstasi)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1961) “νόστιμος”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), volume II, Athens: Myrtidis, page 82b
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