nepos

See also: Nepos

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nepōts, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.

Pronunciation

Noun

nepōs m or f (genitive nepōtis); third declension

  1. a grandson
  2. a granddaughter
  3. a nephew
  4. a niece
  5. a descendant
  6. (figuratively) a spendthrift, prodigal

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nepōs nepōtēs
Genitive nepōtis nepōtum
Dative nepōtī nepōtibus
Accusative nepōtem nepōtēs
Ablative nepōte nepōtibus
Vocative nepōs nepōtēs

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: nipot, nipoatã
    • Romanian: nepot, nepoată
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: nipote
    • Sicilian: niputi
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French:
      Early: nevod
      Late: neveu (see there for further descendants)
    • Walloon: neveu
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: nabodi, nebode, nebodi, nepode, nepote
  • Ancient borrowings:
    • →? Albanian: nip, nipë, nep (plural nipat)
    • → Etruscan: nefts (nefts)
  • Later borrowings:

References
  • “1. nĕpos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nepos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nepos in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • 1 nĕpōs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 1,024–1,025
  • “nepos”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nepos in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “nepos”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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