A.belonging to a return (not in Il.), ν. ἦμαρ the day of return, i. e. the return itself, Od.1.9, 168, 3.233, etc. ; “ν. φάος” A.Pers. 261 ; ν. σωτηρία ib.797 ; “ν. ἦτορ” AP 5.231 (Paul. Sil.).
2. able or likely to return, “ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ἔτιν. ἐστι” Od.4.806 ; “ἀπόλωλε καὶ οὐκέτι ν. ἐστι” 19.85, cf. A.Ag.618 ; ν. κινεῖν πόδα, v. πούς.
II. (νόστος II) of plants and fruit, yielding a high return, productive, Thphr.CP4.13.2 (Comp. and Sup.) ; φέρε δ᾽ ἀγρόθι νόστιμα πάντα all things in abundance, Call.Cer.136 ; “τὸν. τῶν καρπῶν” S.E.M. 7.17.
2. succulent, nutritious, “τροφή” Sor.1.54 (Comp.) ; of fish, Aët. 9.30 (Sup.) ; “τὸ λιπαρὸν καὶ ν.” Plu.2.684d ; “τὸ -ώτατον ὁ καπνὸς παραλαβὼν ἐς τὸν οὐρανὸν οἴχεται” Luc.Luct. 19.
3. wholesome, “ὕδωρ” J.BJ 4.8.3 (Comp.) ; “γένοιτο αὐτῷ . . τὰ ν. ἄνοστα” BCH51.148 (Tab. Defix., Cyprus) ; palatable, Phld.D.3.13, Hsch. s.v. ἕσμιον :—in this sense expld. “διὰ τὸ ἡδὺ τοῦ Ὁμηρικοῦ νόστου” Eust. 1383.40.
4. τὸ ν., of resin obtained from galbanum, starch from wheat, the valuable part, Dsc.3.83, 2.101 ; so “τὸ ἰλυῶδες καὶ ν.” Id.5.75.
III. metaph., τὸ ν. [τοῦ λεγομένου] the substance, kernel, M.Ant.2.15.
