νήφω,
Doric dialect νάφω (see. infr. II), used by early writers only in
present, mostly in
participle: later
imperfect ἔνηφον [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
aorist ἔνηψα [
NT+5th c.BC+]:—
to be sober, drink no wine, οὔτε τι γὰρ ν. οὔτε λίην μεθύω [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
participle νήφων as
adjective, ={νηφάλιος}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τοὺς μεθύοντας. πλείω ζημίαν ἀποτίνειν τῶν ν. Legal Pittaciap. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. θεός, i.e. water, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
metaphorically,
to be self-controlled, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
to be sober and wary, νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασ᾽ ἀπιστεῖν [
NT+5th c.BC+]; νήψατε εἰς προσευχάς [
NT+1st c.AD+]; καρδίῃ νήφοντος poetical cited in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2) ν. ἐκ κακοῦ
recover oneself from, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐγερθέντων καὶ νηψάντων ἀπὸ τῆς πτώσεως Procl.[same place]