nothus
Latin
Etymology
Compare Ancient Greek νόθος (nóthos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈno.tʰus/, [ˈnɔ.tʰʊs]
Adjective
nothus (feminine notha, neuter nothum); first/second declension
- spurious
- illegitimate, bastard (but of a known father)
- false, counterfeit
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nothus | notha | nothum | nothī | nothae | notha | |
| Genitive | nothī | nothae | nothī | nothōrum | nothārum | nothōrum | |
| Dative | nothō | nothae | nothō | nothīs | nothīs | nothīs | |
| Accusative | nothum | notham | nothum | nothōs | nothās | notha | |
| Ablative | nothō | nothā | nothō | nothīs | nothīs | nothīs | |
| Vocative | nothe | notha | nothum | nothī | nothae | notha | |
See also
- spurius (illegitimate, unknown father)
- legitimus (born of married parents)
References
- nothus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nothus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nothus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette