I. Adv. of Place, aloof, apart, aside (cf. ἀπονόσφι), νόσφιν ἀειράσας after carrying the corpse aside, Il.24.583 ; ν. ἰδών having looked aside, Od.17.304 ; “νόσφιν ἀπό . . ” aloof from, Il.5.322, 15.244, Hes.Th.57 ; “ν. ἄτερ . . ” Id.Sc. 15 ; “ν. ἤ . . ” besides, except, Theoc. 25.197 ; “ν. μέν . . ν. δέ” separately, Coluth.105.
II. as Prep., c. gen., aloof or away from, far from, ν. πολέμοιο, φίλων, 6.443, 14.256 ; “ν. πόληος” Od.16.383, etc. ; “ν. νόσων πενίας τε” B.1.60.
2. without, apart from, unaided by, mostly of persons, “ν. δεσποίνης” Od.14.9 ; “ν. Ἀχαιῶν” Il.5.803 ; “οὔτε κακὸς ν. δαίμονος οὔτ᾽ ἀγαθός” Thgn.166 ; “ν. ἡγητῶν” A.Supp.239 ; of things, “ν. ἄτερ τε κακῶν καὶ ἄτερ . . πόνοιο” Hes.Op.91 ; ν. ἄτερ τε πόνων καὶ ὀϊζύος ib.113 ; “οὔτ᾽ εἰπεῖν ἐστί τι ν. πόθων” AP12.18 (Alph.).
3. of mind or disposition, τοί κεν Ἀχαιῶν ν. βουλεύωσ᾽ apart from, i.e. differently from, the (rest of the) Achaeans, Il.2.347 ; ν. Δήμητρος without her knowledge and consent, h.Cer.4 ; ν. ἐμεῖο ib.72.
4. beside, except, “ν. Ποσειδάωνος” Od.1.20 ; “νόσφ᾽ Ὠκεανοῖο” Il.20.7 ; “ν. Νότου” Hes.Th. 870.—Ep. and Lyr. word, once in A., l.c., never in S. or E.
