νόθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

νόθος • (nóthosm (feminine νόθη, neuter νόθον); first/second declension or
νόθος • (nóthosm or f (neuter νόθον); second declension

  1. bastard, baseborn (born of a slave or concubine)
    1. (of animals) crossbred
  2. (generally, of persons and things) spurious, counterfeit, supposititious
    1. (of literary works) spurious

Declension

Antonyms

  • γνήσιος (gnḗsios)

Derived terms

  • νοθείᾱ (notheíā)
  • νοθεύω (notheúō)
  • νόθως (nóthōs)

Noun

νόθος • (nóthosm (genitive νόθου); second declension

  1. (at Athens) a child of a citizen father and an alien mother
  2. (plural only, in Egypt) a class of temple-attendants

Declension

Descendants

  • English: nothogenus, nothospecies
  • Greek: νόθος (nóthos)
  • Latin: nothus

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νόθος (nóthos, bastard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈno.θos/
  • Hyphenation: νό‧θος

Adjective

νόθος • (nóthosm (feminine νόθα or νόθη, neuter νόθο)

  1. illegitimate, bastard
  2. mongrel
  3. false, spurious

Declension

Declension of νόθος
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative νόθος (nóthos) νόθη (nóthi)
νόθα (nótha)
νόθο (nótho) νόθοι (nóthoi) νόθες (nóthes) νόθα (nótha)
genitive νόθου (nóthou) νόθης (nóthis)
νόθας (nóthas)
νόθου (nóthou) νόθων (nóthon) νόθων (nóthon) νόθων (nóthon)
accusative νόθο (nótho) νόθη (nóthi)
νόθα (nótha)
νόθο (nótho) νόθους (nóthous) νόθες (nóthes) νόθα (nótha)
vocative νόθε (nóthe) νόθη (nóthi)
νόθα (nótha)
νόθο (nótho) νόθοι (nóthoi) νόθες (nóthes) νόθα (nótha)