adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
nothus
nothus (feminine notha, neuter nothum)
Classical[ˈnɔ.tʰʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈnɔː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectivespurious
- adjectiveillegitimate, bastard (but of a known father)
- adjectivefalse, counterfeit
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nothus | notha | nothum |
| genitive | nothī | nothae | nothī |
| dative | nothō | nothae | nothō |
| accusative | nothum | notham | nothum |
| ablative | nothō | nothā | nothō |
| vocative | nothe | notha | nothum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nothī | nothae | notha |
| genitive | nothōrum | nothārum | nothōrum |
| dative | nothīs | nothīs | nothīs |
| accusative | nothōs | nothās | notha |
| ablative | nothīs | nothīs | nothīs |
| vocative | nothī | nothae | notha |
nŏthus, a, um, adj., = νόθος,
I. spurious, not genuine.
I. Lit.
A. Of persons, illegitimate, bastard, born out of wedlock (but of a known father; contra, spurius, of an unknown father: legitimus, born in wedlock):
nothum qui non sit legitimus, Graeci vocant: Latinum rei nomen non habemus, Quint. 3, 6, 97; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.; Quint. 3, 6, 96; 7, 7, 10: Antiphaten ... Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti, Verg. A. 9, 697.—II. Transf., not genuine, false, counterfeit (poet. and in post-class. prose):
lunaque sive notho fertur loca lumine lustrans, Sive suam proprio jactat de corpore lucem, i. e. borrowed, not its own, Lucr. 5, 575; so, lumen, Cat. 34, 15: Attis notha mulier, false, counterfeit, id. 63, 27: quojus genera (nominum) sunt tria, unum vernaculum ac domi natum, alterum adventicium, tertium nothum ex peregrino hic natum, Varr. L. L. 10, § 69 Müll.; so, notha nomina, id. ib. 10, § 70: nothae atque adulterae lectiones, Arn. 5, 182.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nothus adj.
, νότηος, illegitimate, born out of wedlock (of a known father): Antiphaten . . . Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti, V.—Of animals, mixed, mongrel, V.— False, counterfeit: lumen, Ct.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νόθος (nóthos).