νόστος

Ancient Greek

From the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *nes- (“to return home”) + -τος (-tos). See νέομαι (néomai, “to go or come back”).

νόστος • (nóstos) m (genitive νόστου); second declension

the act of reaching a place: journey, arrival
the act of returning or going back
1. (Epic) returning home, homecoming, a safe journey home

Second declension of ὁ νόστος; τοῦ νόστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νόστος ho nóstos	τὼ νόστω tṑ nóstō	οἱ νόστοι hoi nóstoi
Genitive	τοῦ νόστου toû nóstou	τοῖν νόστοιν toîn nóstoin	τῶν νόστων tôn nóstōn
Dative	τῷ νόστῳ tôi nóstōi	τοῖν νόστοιν toîn nóstoin	τοῖς νόστοις toîs nóstois
Accusative	τὸν νόστον tòn nóston	τὼ νόστω tṑ nóstō	τοὺς νόστους toùs nóstous
Vocative	νόστε nóste	νόστω nóstō	νόστοι nóstoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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νόστος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
νόστος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
νόστος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
νόστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
νόστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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- home-coming idem, page 404.
- return idem, page 708.

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