νόστος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *nóstos, 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

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.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	νόστος nóstos	νόστω nóstō	νόστοι nóstoi
Genitive	νόστου / νοστοῖο / νόστοιο / νοστόο / νόστοο nóstou / nostoîo / nóstoio / nostóo / nóstoo	νόστοιῐν nóstoiin	νόστων nóstōn
Dative	νόστῳ nóstōi	νόστοιῐν nóstoiin	νόστοισῐ / νόστοισῐν / νόστοις nóstoisi(n) / nóstois
Accusative	νόστον nóston	νόστω nóstō	νόστους nóstous
Vocative	νόστε nóste	νόστω nóstō	νόστοι nóstoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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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
“νόστος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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- home-coming idem, page 404.
- return idem, page 708.

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