νήφω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
νήφω
Structure:
νήφ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to drink no wine
- to be sober, dispassionate
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ κακοδαίμων ἐπὶ τὰσ τῆσ Ἀκαδημείασ θύρασ ἐκώμασεν, ὥσπερ ἐπὶ πάντασ εἰώθει, ἀνδραποδισαμένη αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν χειρῶν τῆσ Μέθησ ἁρπάσασα μετὰ βίασ καὶ πρὸσ αὑτὴν ἀγαγοῦσα ὑδροποτεῖν τε κατηνάγκασεν καὶ νήφειν μετεδίδαξεν καὶ τοὺσ στεφάνουσ περιέσπασεν καὶ δέον πίνειν κατακείμενον, ῥημάτια σκολιὰ καὶ δύστηνα καὶ πολλῆσ φροντίδοσ ἀνάμεστα ἐπαίδευσεν ὥστε ἀντὶ τοῦ τέωσ ἐπανθοῦντοσ αὐτῷ ἐρυθήματοσ ὠχρὸσ ὁ ^ ἄθλιοσ καὶ ῥικνὸσ τὸ σῶμα γεγένηται, καὶ τὰσ ᾠδὰσ ἁπάσασ ἀπομαθὼν ἄσιτοσ ἐνίοτε καὶ διψαλέοσ εἰσ μέσην ἑσπέραν κάθηται ληρῶν ὁποῖα πολλὰ ἡ Ἀκαδήμεια ἐγὼ ληρεῖν διδάσκω. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 16:5)
- καὶ μὴν τοῦτό γε οὐ μεθύειν, ἀλλὰ νήφειν τε καὶ σωφρονεῖν ἐστιν. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 6:1)
- ὁ δ’ Ἐπαμεινώνδασ, εἰσ ἑορτήν τινα καὶ πότον ἀνειμένωσ τῶν Θηβαίων ῥυέντων, μόνοσ ἐφώδευε τὰ ὅπλα καὶ τὰ τείχη, νήφειν λέγων καὶ ἀγρυπνεῖν ὡσ ἂν ἐξῇ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ μεθύειν καὶ καθεύδειν. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 4 6:1)
- ἐγὼ δὲ νήφειν ᾤμην καὶ οὐ παραποφανεῖσθαι τὴν γνώμην. (Lucian, 60:11)
- διὸ καὶ θρασύτεραι λέγονται γενέσθαι καὶ πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ πρῶτον ἀνδρώδεισ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ, ἅτε δὴ τῶν μὲν οἴκων ἄρχουσαι κατὰ κράτοσ, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ δημοσίοισ πράγμασι καὶ γνώμησ μεταλαμβάνουσαι καὶ παρρησίασ περὶ τῶν μεγίστων, ὁ δὲ Νομᾶσ ταῖσ γαμεταῖσ τὸ μὲν ἀξίωμα καὶ τὴν τιμὴν ἐτήρησε πρὸσ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ, ἣν εἶχον ἀπὸ Ῥωμύλου θεραπευόμεναι διὰ τὴν ἁρπαγήν, αἰδῶ δὲ πολλὴν ἐπέστησεν αὐταῖσ καὶ πολυπραγμοσύνην ἀφεῖλε καὶ νήφειν ἐδίδαξε καὶ σιωπᾶν εἴθισεν, οἴνου μὲν ἀπεχομένασ τὸ πάμπαν, λόγῳ δὲ μηδὲ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἀνδρὸσ ἄνευ χρωμένασ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa, chapter 3 5:1)
Synonyms
-
to drink no wine
Derived
- ἀνανήφω (to return to sobriety of mind, to make sober again)
- ἐκνήφω (to sleep off a drunken fit, become sober again)