Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• νόσφῐν ‎(nósphin) before a vowel or for the sake of meter
• νόσφ’ ‎(nósph’) before a vowel

Adverb

νόσφῐ • ‎(nósphi) (Epic, Lyric)

1. (of location) away, far away, at a distance, absent
2. apart, by oneself
3. (of motion or direction) away, off, to a distance, apart

Preposition

νόσφῐ • ‎(nósphi) [+genitive] (Epic, Lyric)

1. (of location) far from; in the absence of, apart from, without
2. (of motion or direction) away from, to a distance from
3. apart from, without the help of
4. except (for)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.19–21

     ... θεοὶ δ’ ἐλέαιρον ἅπαντες
     νόσφι Ποσειδᾱ́ωνος· ὁ δ' ἀσπερχὲς μενέαινεν
     ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆϊ πάρος ἣν γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι.

     All the gods pitied [Odysseus]
     except for Poseidon. He unceasingly raged
     against godlike Odysseus until he reached his homeland.

References

• νόσφι in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• νόσφι in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• 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.
  • apart from idem, page 33.
  • without idem, page 984.