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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
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative νόθος νόθη νόθον
Genitive νόθου νόθης νόθου
Dative νόθῳ νόθῃ νόθῳ
Accusative νόθον νόθην νόθον
Vocative νόθε νόθη νόθον
DualN/A/V νόθω νόθᾱ νόθω
G/D νόθοιν νόθαιν νόθοιν
PluralNominative νόθοι νόθαι νόθα
Genitive νόθων νοθῶν νόθων
Dative νόθοις νόθαις νόθοις
Accusative νόθους νόθᾱς νόθα
Vocative νόθοι νόθαι νόθα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective νόθος νόθου νοθώτερος νοθωτέρου νοθώτατος νοθωτάτου
Adverb νόθως νοθώτερον νοθώτατα

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

  • οὐ τοῖαι γεγάασιν ἐν Ἀργείοισι γυναῖκεσ, καὶ γὰρ ἀκιδνοτέροισιν ἀεξόμεναι μελέεσσιν ἀνδρῶν εἶδοσ ἔχουσι, νόθοι δ’ ἐγένοντο γυναῖκεσ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1147)
  • ὅσον δὲ τῆσ εὐνοίασ τῆσ πρὸσ τὰσ πατρίδασ μέτεστιν τοῖσ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ γνησίοισ πολίταισ μάθοι τισ ἂν ἐκ τῶν αὐτοχθόνων οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐπήλυδεσ καθάπερ νόθοι ῥᾳδίασ ποιοῦνται τὰσ μεταναστάσεισ, τὸ μὲν τῆσ πατρίδοσ ὄνομα μήτε εἰδότεσ μήτε στέργοντεσ, ἡγούμενοι δ’ ἁπανταχοῦ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων εὐπορήσειν, μέτρον εὐδαιμονίασ τὰσ τῆσ γαστρὸσ ἡδονὰσ τιθέμενοι. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 10:1)
  • "νῦν μέντοι γνήσιοι, ἔφη, καὶ οὐ νόθοι βασιλεῖσ γεννηθήσονται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 511)
  • "ἡμεῖσ δὲ σοι, κακὴ κεφαλὴ, νόθοι δοκοῦμεν; (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 9 4:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἂν προσπταίσασ τισ ἄρχῃ Λακεδαιμονίων, δυσχεραίνειν τὸν θεόν, ἀλλὰ χωλὴν εἶναι τὴν βασιλείαν εἰ νόθοι καὶ κακῶσ γεγονότεσ βασιλεύσουσι σὺν Ἡρακλείδαισ. (Plutarch, , chapter 22 6:2)

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