Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1170.nepōs on page 1170
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nepōs grandson
nepōs is a Latin Noun that primarily means grandson.
Definitions for nepōs
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
grandson, descendant
English derivatives:
nephew nepotism niece
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A grandson. (b) (fem.) a granddaughter (cd. FEST.p.343M).
- 2
(in viticulture) A secondary shoot, lateral.
- 3
A descendant; seri ~oles, distant descendant, remote posterity.
Sentences with nepōs
Latin to English
Carpent tua pōma nepōtēs.Compare Your descendants will harvest your fruits.
Numa Pompilius nepos, filia ortus, Ancus Martius sum.Compare Ancus Martius was the grandson of Numa Pompilius on the mother's side (being born of his daughter).
Declension table for nepōs
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | nepōs | nepōtēs |
| Gen. | nepōtis | nepōtum |
| Dat. | nepōtī | nepōtibus |
| Acc. | nepōtem | nepōtēs |
| Abl. | nepōte | nepōtibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 181.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1170.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119-219.
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
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Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "nepōs, nepōtis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/nepos-nepotis.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 181.nepōs, nepōtis on page 181
