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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

  • καὶ γὰρ εἰ μυριάκισ ἠλέγχθη Λεωτυχίδησ ἀλλότριοσ εἶναι καὶ νόθοσ, οὐκ ἂν ἠπόρησαν Εὐρυπωντίδαι γνήσιον καὶ ἀρτίποδα τῇ Σπάρτῃ βασιλέα παρασχεῖν, εἰ μὴ δι’ Ἀγησίλαον ἐπεσκότησε τῷ χρησμῷ Λύσανδροσ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Agesilaus and Pompey, chapter 2 1:2)
  • νόθοσ γὰρ εἶ κοὐ γνήσιοσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 3:5)
  • ἐγὼ νόθοσ; (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 3:6)
  • "καὶ νῦν σοι ἥκω παρὰ τῶν Μαστείρασ ἀδελφῶν τῶν ἐν Ἀλανίᾳ παρακελευομένων ὅτι τάχιστα ἐλαύνειν ἐπὶ τὸν Βόσπορον καὶ μὴ περιιδεῖν ἐσ ^ Εὐβίοτον περιελθοῦσαν τὴν ἀρχήν, ὃσ ἀδελφὸσ ὢν νόθοσ Λευκάνοροσ Σκύθαισ μὲν ἀεὶ φίλοσ ἐστίν, Ἀλανοῖσ δὲ ἀπέχθεται,. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 50:6)
  • ὠτακουστὰσ μὲν οὖν πρῶτοσ ἔσχεν ὁ νόθοσ Δαρεῖοσ ἀπιστῶν ἑαυτῷ καὶ πάντασ ὑφορώμενοσ καὶ δεδοικώσ, τοὺσ δὲ προσαγωγίδασ οἱ Διονύσιοι τοῖσ Συρακοσίοισ κατέμιξαν ὅθεν ἐν τῇ μεταβολῇ τῶν πραγμάτων τούτουσ πρώτουσ οἱ Συρακόσιοι συλλαμβάνοντεσ ἀπετυμπάνιζον. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 162)

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