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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

  • πρὸσ δ’ Ἀφροδί‐ ταν ἄλλαν θέμενοσ χάριν νόθου παιδὸσ ἔκυρσεν. (Euripides, Ion, choral, antistrophe 24)
  • Ναὶ μὰ Δία, ἔφη, πλήν γε τῆσ Οἰνέωσ, τοῦ Πανδίονοσ, εἶπε, νόθου παιδόσ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 12:4)
  • Παρὰ δὲ τὴν ἀναρχίαν τήνδε δοῦλοσ τῶν βασιλέων Διόδοτοσ παιδίον Ἀλέξανδρον, ἐξ Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ νόθου καὶ τῆσ Πτολεμαίου θυγατρόσ, ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν ἤγαγεν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 11 4:1)

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