νόθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nó.tʰos/ → /ˈno.θos/ → /ˈno.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nó.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈno.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.θos/
• (15^th 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

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

First and second declension of νόθος; νόθη; νόθον (Attic)

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:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of νόθος; νόθον (Attic)

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:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• γνήσιος (gnḗsios)

Derived terms

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

Noun

νόθος • (nóthos) m (genitive νόθου); second declension

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

Declension

Second declension of ὁ νόθος; τοῦ νόθου (Attic)

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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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, 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)

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)