νόθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation
 

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 MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter
Nominative νόθος
nóthos		 νόθη
nóthē		 νόθον
nóthon		 νόθω
nóthō		 νόθᾱ
nóthā		 νόθω
nóthō		 νόθοι
nóthoi		 νόθαι
nóthai		 νόθᾰ
nótha
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
nótha
Vocative νόθε
nóthe		 νόθη
nóthē		 νόθον
nóthon		 νόθω
nóthō		 νόθᾱ
nóthā		 νόθω
nóthō		 νόθοι
nóthoi		 νόθαι
nóthai		 νόθᾰ
nótha
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
νόθως
nóthōs		 νοθώτερος
nothṓteros		 νοθώτᾰτος
nothṓtatos
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
nótha
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
nótha
Vocative νόθε
nóthe		 νόθον
nóthon		 νόθω
nóthō		 νόθω
nóthō		 νόθοι
nóthoi		 νόθᾰ
nótha
Derived forms Adverb Comparative Superlative
νόθως
nóthōs		 νοθώτερος
nothṓteros		 νοθώτᾰτος
nothṓtatos
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 Egypt) 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
tôi 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

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
number 
case \ gender 		 singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative νόθος • νόθη • / νόθα • νόθο • νόθοι • νόθες • νόθα •
genitive νόθου • νόθης • / νόθας • νόθου • νόθων • νόθων • νόθων •
accusative νόθο • νόθη • / νόθα • νόθο • νόθους • νόθες • νόθα •
vocative νόθε • νόθη • / νόθα • νόθο • νόθοι • νόθες • νόθα •
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