Νέπως

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin Nepōs (“nephew; grandson”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /né.pɔːs/ → /ˈne.pos/ → /ˈne.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /né.pɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈne.pos/

Proper noun

Νέπως • (Népōs) m (genitive Νέπωτος); third declension

1. Nepos

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Νέπως; τοῦ Νέπωτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νέπως ho Népōs
Genitive	τοῦ Νέπωτος toû Népōtos
Dative	τῷ Νέπωτῐ tôi Népōti
Accusative	τὸν Νέπωτᾰ tòn Népōta
Vocative	Νέπως Népōs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Descendants

• Greek: Νέπως (Népos)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018