Ancient Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

There are no obvious cognates. If connected with Latin natis (rump), it can be either assumed a derivation from an old Proto-Indo-European root noun *n(e)h₃t- or a root *nh₂t-, which became thematicized in Greek.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

νῶτον (nôtonn (genitive νώτου); second declension

  1. back, the rear part of the body
  2. chine of an animal served as food
  3. (figuratively) any wide surface, especially of the sea
  4. ridge of a hill, rock, saw
  5. back of a page

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: noto-
  • Greek: νώτα (nóta) (plurale tantum)

Further reading edit

  • νῶτον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • νῶτον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • νῶτον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • νῶτον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • νῶτον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN