νῶτον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

νῶτος (nôtos)

Etymology

There are no obvious cognates. If connected with Latin natis (“rump”), it can be either assumed a derivation from an old Proto-Indo-European root noun *n(e)h₃t- or a root *nh₂t-, which became thematicized in Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɔ̂ː.ton/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈno.ton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈno.ton/

Noun

νῶτον • (nôton) n (genitive νώτου); second declension

back, the rear part of the body
chine of an animal served as food
(figuratively) any wide surface, especially of the sea
ridge of a hill, rock, saw
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Inflection

Second declension of τὸ νῶτον; τοῦ νώτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νῶτον tò nôton	τὼ νώτω tṑ nṓtō	τᾰ̀ νῶτᾰ tà nôta
Genitive	τοῦ νώτου toû nṓtou	τοῖν νώτοιν toîn nṓtoin	τῶν νώτων tôn nṓtōn
Dative	τῷ νώτῳ tôi nṓtōi	τοῖν νώτοιν toîn nṓtoin	τοῖς νώτοις toîs nṓtois
Accusative	τὸ νῶτον tò nôton	τὼ νώτω tṑ nṓtō	τᾰ̀ νῶτᾰ tà nôta
Vocative	νῶτον nôton	νώτω nṓtō	νῶτᾰ nôta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

νωταγωγός (nōtagōgós)
νωτάκμων (nōtákmōn)
νωτάρης (nōtárēs)
νωτεύς (nōteús)
νωτηγός (nōtēgós)
νωτιαῖος (nōtiaîos)
νωτιάς (nōtiás)
νωτιδανός (nōtidanós)
νωτίζω (nōtízō)
νώτιος (nṓtios)
νώτισμα (nṓtisma)
νωτοβατέω (nōtobatéō)
νωτόγραπτος (nōtógraptos)
νωτοκοπέω (nōtokopéō)
νωτοπλήξ (nōtoplḗx)
νωτοστροφέω (nōtostrophéō)
νωτοφόρος (nōtophóros)
ποικιλόνωτος (poikilónōtos)

Descendants

English: noto-
Greek: νώτα (nóta) (plurale tantum)