νόσφι before a vowel or metri grat. -φιν, though may also be elided as adv. of Place, aloof, apart, afar, away, Hom.; ν. ἰδών having looked aside, Od.; νόσφιν ἀπό aloof from, Il.; νόσφιν ἤ . ., like πλὴν ἤ . . , besides, except, Theocr. as prep. aloof or away from, far from, Hom., Hes. without, forsaken or unaided by, Hom., Aesch. of mind or disposition, νόσφιν Ἀχαιῶν βουλεύειν apart from the Achaians, i. e. of a different way of thinking, Il.; ν. Δήμητρος, Lat. clam Cerere, without her knowledge, Hhymn. beside, except, νόσφι Ποσειδάωνος Od.; νόσφʼ Ὠκεανοῖο Il.