Nepos
See also: nepos
Latin
Alternative forms
- Nep. (abbreviation)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈne.poːs/, [ˈnɛpoːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.pos/, [ˈnɛːpos]
- Homophone: nepōs
Proper noun
Nepōs m sg (genitive Nepōtis); third declension
- A Roman masculine cognomen — famously held by:
- Cornelius Nepos (circa 110–25 BC), a Roman historian, a friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Calullus, and the author of the work De Viris Illustribus
- Flavius Julius Nepos (circa AD 430–480), the penultimate Western Roman Emperor (r. 474/5–480)
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Nepōs |
| Genitive | Nepōtis |
| Dative | Nepōtī |
| Accusative | Nepōtem |
| Ablative | Nepōte |
| Vocative | Nepōs |
Descendants
- French: Népos
- Italian: Nepote
References
- “2. Nĕpos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 2 Nĕpōs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,025/1”
- “Nepōs²” on page 1,170/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
Nepos (cognomen) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la- Cornelius Nepos on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Flavius Julius Nepos on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la