νόθος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nó.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈno.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈno.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈno.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈno.θos/
Adjective
νόθος • (nóthos) m (feminine νόθη, neuter νόθον); first/second declension or
νόθος • (nóthos) m or f (neuter νόθον); second declension
- bastard, baseborn (born of a slave or concubine)
- (of animals) crossbred
- (generally, of persons and things) spurious, counterfeit, supposititious
- (of literary works) spurious
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | νόθος nóthos |
νόθη nóthē |
νόθον nóthon |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθᾱ nóthā |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθοι nóthoi |
νόθαι nóthai |
νόθᾰ nóthă | |||||
| Genitive | νόθου nóthou |
νόθης nóthēs |
νόθου nóthou |
νόθοιν nóthoin |
νόθαιν nóthain |
νόθοιν nóthoin |
νόθων nóthōn |
νόθων nóthōn |
νόθων nóthōn | |||||
| Dative | νόθῳ nóthōi |
νόθῃ nóthēi |
νόθῳ nóthōi |
νόθοιν nóthoin |
νόθαιν nóthain |
νόθοιν nóthoin |
νόθοις nóthois |
νόθαις nóthais |
νόθοις nóthois | |||||
| Accusative | νόθον nóthon |
νόθην nóthēn |
νόθον nóthon |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθᾱ nóthā |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθους nóthous |
νόθᾱς nóthās |
νόθᾰ nóthă | |||||
| Vocative | νόθε nóthe |
νόθη nóthē |
νόθον nóthon |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθᾱ nóthā |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθοι nóthoi |
νόθαι nóthai |
νόθᾰ nóthă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| νόθως nóthōs |
νοθώτερος nothṓteros |
νοθώτᾰτος nothṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | νόθος nóthos |
νόθον nóthon |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθοι nóthoi |
νόθᾰ nóthă | ||||||||
| Genitive | νόθου nóthou |
νόθου nóthou |
νόθοιν nóthoin |
νόθοιν nóthoin |
νόθων nóthōn |
νόθων nóthōn | ||||||||
| Dative | νόθῳ nóthōi |
νόθῳ nóthōi |
νόθοιν nóthoin |
νόθοιν nóthoin |
νόθοις nóthois |
νόθοις nóthois | ||||||||
| Accusative | νόθον nóthon |
νόθον nóthon |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθους nóthous |
νόθᾰ nóthă | ||||||||
| Vocative | νόθε nóthe |
νόθον nóthon |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθοι nóthoi |
νόθᾰ nóthă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| νόθως nóthōs |
νοθώτερος nothṓteros |
νοθώτᾰτος nothṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Antonyms
- γνήσιος (gnḗsios)
Derived terms
- νοθείᾱ (notheíā)
- νοθεύω (notheúō)
- νόθως (nóthōs)
Noun
νόθος • (nóthos) m (genitive νόθου); second declension
- (at Athens) a child of a citizen father and an alien mother
- (plural only, in Egypt) a class of temple-attendants
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ νόθος ho nóthos |
τὼ νόθω tṑ nóthō |
οἱ νόθοι hoi nóthoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νόθου toû nóthou |
τοῖν νόθοιν toîn nóthoin |
τῶν νόθων tôn nóthōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νόθῳ tōî nóthōi |
τοῖν νόθοιν toîn nóthoin |
τοῖς νόθοις toîs nóthois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νόθον tòn nóthon |
τὼ νόθω tṑ nóthō |
τοὺς νόθους toùs nóthous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νόθε nóthe |
νόθω nóthō |
νόθοι nóthoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Descendants
- → English: nothogenus, nothospecies
- Greek: νόθος (nóthos)
- → Latin: nothus
Further reading
- “νόθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νόθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “νόθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νόθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νόθος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “νόθος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3541 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bastard idem, page 64.
- counterfeit idem, page 177.
- false idem, page 304.
- illegitimate idem, page 416.
- misbegotten idem, page 532.
- spurious idem, page 806.
- unlawful idem, page 924.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νόθος (nóthos, “bastard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈno.θos/
- Hyphenation: νό‧θος
Adjective
νόθος • (nóthos) m (feminine νόθα or νόθη, neuter νόθο)
Declension
| 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) | |