nepos
See also: Nepos
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *nepōts, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈne.poːs/, [ˈnɛpoːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈne.pos/, [ˈnɛːpos]
- Homophone: Nepōs
Noun
nepōs m or f (genitive nepōtis); third declension
- a grandson
- a granddaughter
- a nephew
- a niece
- a descendant
- (figuratively) a spendthrift, prodigal
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | nepōs | nepōtēs |
| Genitive | nepōtis | nepōtum |
| Dative | nepōtī | nepōtibus |
| Accusative | nepōtem | nepōtēs |
| Ablative | nepōte | nepōtibus |
| Vocative | nepōs | nepōtēs |
Synonyms
- (grandson): prōfīlius (Mediaeval)
- (granddaughter): neptis
Derived terms
- abnepōs
- pronepōs
- nepōtor
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: nipot, nipoatã
- Romanian: nepot, nepoată
- Dalmatian:
- nepaut
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: nipote
- Sicilian: niputi
- North Italian:
- Emilian: anvod, nvod, nod, nevod, anvaud
- Friulian: nevôt
- Ligurian: nêvo, nêu
- Lombard: nèud, nèu, nevod
- Piedmontese: anvod, noud, nvod, nod, nòud
- Romagnol: anvoud, nvoud, anvod
- Romansch: nev, neiv, neav, nevs
- Venetian: neodo, neoda, nevódo
- Gallo-Romance:
- Old French:
- Early: nevod
- Late: neveu (see there for further descendants)
- Walloon: neveu
- Old French:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: nebot
- Occitan: nebot
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: nabodi, nebode, nebodi, nepode, nepote
- Ancient borrowings:
- →? Albanian: nip, nipë, nep (plural nipat)
- → Etruscan: nefts (nefts)
- Later borrowings:
- → Danish: nevø
- → Maltese: neputi
- → Portuguese: nepote
References
- “1. nĕpos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nepos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nepos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- 1 nĕpōs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 1,024–1,025
- “nepos”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nepos in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “nepos”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray