nothus

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is this a borrowing?”) Compare Ancient Greek νόθος (nóthos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈno.tʰus/, [ˈnɔt̪ʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.tus/, [ˈnɔːt̪us]

Adjective

nothus (feminine notha, neuter nothum); first/second-declension adjective

1. spurious
2. illegitimate, bastard (but of a known father)
3. false, counterfeit

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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		nothō		nothīs
Accusative	nothum	notham	nothum		nothōs	nothās	notha
Ablative	nothō	nothā	nothō		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.