Νότος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Personification of νότος (nótos).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Νότος • (Nótos) m (genitive Νότου); second declension

  1. Notus, the god of the south Wind, summer, warmth, radiance, energy, dryness, abundance, youth and innocence

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Νότος; τοῦ Νότου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Νότος
ho Nótos
Genitive τοῦ Νότου
toû Nótou
Dative τῷ Νότῳ
tôi Nótōi
Accusative τὸν Νότον
tòn Nóton
Vocative Νότε
Nóte
Notes:

Descendants

  • → Latin: Notus

Further reading

  • “Νότος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Νότος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “Νότος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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