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νόστιμος

νόστιμος, belonging to a return

νόστ-ῐμος, ον, (νόστος)
  • 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 ῥʼ ἔτι ν. 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. CP 4.13.2 (Comp. and Sup.); φέρε δʼ ἀγρόθι νόστιμα πάντα all things in abundance, Call. Cer. 136; τὸ ν. 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. QConv. 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 BCH 51.148 (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.
      • 2 in literary criticism, succulent, εἴ τι ν. τῆς ποιήσεως, τῆς ἱστορίας, Eust.ad D.P. Prooem. pp. 70,71: generally, ὅπερ ἦν -ώτατον ἐν σοὶ ἀπανθισάμενος Luc. Merc.Cond. 39.

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