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νόθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νόθος

Structure: νοθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bastard, baseborn (born of a slave or concubine), (of animals) crossbred

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • νόθῳ δὲ μηδὲ νόθῃ μὴ εἶναι ἀγχιστείαν μήθ’ ἱερῶν μήθ’ ὁσίων ἀπ’ Εὐκλείδου ἄρχοντοσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 73:7)
  • ἠλεμάτοισ ἀκτῖσι χαράσσεται ὄμματοσ αὐγή ψευδόμενον δ’ ἐρύθημα κατέγραφεν ἄχροοσ αἰδώσ, ἀγλαϊῄ στέψασα νόθῃ κεκαλυμμένα μῆλα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 139 1:1)
  • κατακλυσμὸν φέρον νόσων, ἢ πολέμων φθορά, ἐλάττουσ δὲ πολὺ τοῦ τεταγμένου ἀριθμοῦ δι’ ὀρφανίασ γένωνται, ἑκόντασ μὲν οὐ δεῖ πολίτασ παρεμβάλλειν νόθῃ παιδείᾳ πεπαιδευμένουσ, ἀνάγκην δὲ οὐδὲ θεὸσ εἶναι λέγεται δυνατὸσ βιάζεσθαι. (Plato, Laws, book 5 103:1)
  • λέγεται δὲ καὶ ὡσ νόθη Λαί̈ου θυγάτηρ εἰή, καὶ ὡσ τὸν χρησμὸν τὸν Κάδμῳ δοθέντα ἐκ Δελφῶν διδάξειεν αὐτὴν κατὰ εὔνοιαν ὁ Λάιοσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 26 4:1)

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