Νέπως
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Latin Nepōs (“nephew; grandson”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /né.pɔːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈne.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈne.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈne.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈne.pos/
Proper noun
Νέπως • (Népōs) m (genitive Νέπωτος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Νέπως ho Népōs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Νέπωτος toû Népōtos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Νέπωτῐ tôi Népōti | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Νέπωτᾰ tòn Népōta | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Νέπως Népōs | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Νέπως (Népos)
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018