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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

  • πολύγονον δὲ ἀσεβῶν πλῆθοσ οὐ χρησιμεύσει, καὶ ἐκ νόθων μοσχευμάτων οὐ δώσει ρίζαν εἰσ βάθοσ, οὐδὲ ἀσφαλῆ βάσιν ἑδράσει. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 4:3)
  • καὶ ταῦτα μὲν περὶ τῶν νόθων καὶ παρεγγράπτων. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 13:1)
  • Ὦ ξέν’, οὗ μὲν ἕσταμεν, οὐκ ἐξικνοῦμαι μαινάδων ὄσσοισ νόθων· (Euripides, episode, lyric 2:5)
  • ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐπιβουλὴ τοιοῦτον ἔσχε τέλοσ, ὁ δὲ Ὦχοσ ἤδη μὲν ἦν ταῖσ ἐλπίσι λαμπρόσ ὑπὸ τῆσ Ἀτόσσησ ἐπαιρόμενοσ, ἔτι δὲ ἐφοβεῖτο τῶν μὲν γνησίων τὸν ὑπόλοιπον Ἀριάσπην, τῶν δὲ νόθων Ἀρσάμην. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 30 1:1)
  • "μᾶλλον δ’ ὥσπερ ἀετὸν τινα λέγουσι γνήσιον καὶ ὀρεινόν, ὃν Ὅμηροσ μέλανα καὶ θηρευτήν προσεῖπεν ἄλλα δὲ γένη νόθων ἐστὶν ἰχθῦσ περὶ ἕλη καὶ ὄρνιθασ ἀργοὺσ λαμβανόντων, ἀπορούμενοι δὲ πολλάκισ ἀναφθέγγονταί τι λιμῶδεσ καὶ ὀδυρτικόν· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 4 2:13)

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