Ancient Greek

Adjective

νόστιμος • ‎(nóstimos) m, f ‎(neuter νόστιμον); second declension

1. (often Epic, in the Odyssey) of or relating to homecoming
   1. 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.

        [Telemachus speaking to Penelope:]
        for Odysseus wasn't the only one to lose his homecoming day
        in Troy; many other men perished too.

   2. able, likely, or destined to return home
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 19.85

        εἰ δ' ὁ μὲν ὣς ἀπόλωλε καὶ οὐκέτι νόστιμός ἐστιν,

        [Odysseus in disguise speaking to Penelope:] If, as it seems, [Odysseus] has perished and is no longer destined to return home,

2. (of plants) productive, producing high yield
   1. succulent, nutritious, wholesome, delicious
   2. neuter as a substantive τὸ νόστιμον ‎(tò nóstimon)
      1. resin from galbanum, starch from wheat: the valuable part
      2. (figuratively) substance, kernel

Inflection

Derived terms

• ἀνόστιμος ‎(anóstimos)

References

• 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • home-coming idem, page 404.
  • returning idem, page 708.

Greek

Adjective

νόστιμος • ‎(nóstimos) m ‎(feminine νόστιμη, neuter νόστιμο)

1. tasty
2. nice, attractive

Declension