previous next
νήφω , Dor. νάφω (v. infr. II), used by early writers only in pres., mostly in part.: later impf.
A.“ἔνηφον” Chor. in Rev.Phil.1877.67: aor. ἔνηψα IEp.Pet.4.7, Orac. ap. Ael.Fr.103, J.AJ11.3.3, Procl. in Prm. p.741 S., (ἐξ-) Aret.SD1.5, (ἀν-) Nic.Dam.4 J.:—to be sober, drink no wine, “οὔτε τι γὰρ ν. οὔτε λίην μεθύω” Thgn.478; “νήφειν” Archil.4, Pl. Smp.213e, al.: part. νήφων as Adj., = νηφάλιος, Hdt.1.133, Ar.Lys. 1228; “ὑμῖν ἀντέκυρσα . . νήφων ἀοίνοις” S.OC100; “ὑπ᾽ ἐχθροῦ νήφοντος ὑβριζόμην” D.21.74; τὸ τοὺς μεθύοντας . . . πλείω ζημίαν ἀποτίνειν τῶν ν. Lex Pittaciap. Arist.Pol.1274b20; “μεθύοντα . . παρὰ νηφόντων λόγους παραβάλλειν” Pl.Smp.214c; ν. θεός, i.e. water, Id.Lg.773d: prov., “τὸ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ νήφοντος ἐπὶ τῆς γλώττης τοῦ μεθύοντος” Plu.2.503f; “[Ἀναξαγόρας] οἷον ν. ἑφάνη παρ᾽ εἰκῇ λέγοντας” Arist. Metaph.984b17; “νήφων μεθύοντα ὑπὸ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης θεᾶται” X.Smp.8.21; “τὸ νῆφον ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους βυθίζεται” Alciphr.1.13.
II. metaph., to be self-controlled, Pl.Lg.918d; to be sober and wary, “νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασ᾽ ἀπιστεῖν” Epich.[250]; “γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν” 1 Ep.Thess.5.6; νήψατε εἰς προσευχάς 1 Ep.Pet.l.c.; “νήφων καὶ πεφροντικώς” Plu. 2.800b; “ν. καὶ φροντιστής” Gal.17(1).991; “προμηθής τε καὶ ν.” Hdn.2.15.1; καρδίῃ νήφοντος Poet. ap. Longin.34.4; “ν. λογισμός” Epicur.Ep. 3p.64U.
2. ν. ἐκ κακοῦ recover oneself from . . , Ach.Tat.1.13; ἐγερθέντων καὶ νηψάντων ἀπὸ τῆς πτώσεως Procl.l.c.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (13 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Demosthenes, Against Midias, 74
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.133
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 11.3.3
    • New Testament, 1 Thessalonians, 5.6
    • Plato, Laws, 918d
    • Plato, Laws, 773d
    • Plato, Symposium, 213e
    • Plato, Symposium, 214c
    • Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 100
    • Xenophon, Symposium, 8.21
    • Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 1228
    • Aretaeus, De causis et signis acutorum morborum (lib. 2), 1.5
    • Achilles Tatius, Leucippe et Clitophon, 1.13
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: