νῶτον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *not- (“rear, buttock”); related to Latin natis (“rump”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

νῶτον • (nôton) n (genitive νώτου); second declension

  1. the back, the rear part of the body

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ νῶτον; τοῦ νώτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ νῶτον
tò nôton		 τὼ νώτω
tṑ nṓtō		 τᾰ̀ νῶτᾰ
tà nôta
Genitive τοῦ νώτου
toû nṓtou		 τοῖν νώτοιν
toîn nṓtoin		 τῶν νώτων
tôn nṓtōn
Dative τῷ νώτῳ
tôi nṓtōi		 τοῖν νώτοιν
toîn nṓtoin		 τοῖς νώτοις
toîs nṓtois
Accusative τὸ νῶτον
tò nôton		 τὼ νώτω
tṑ nṓtō		 τᾰ̀ νῶτᾰ
tà nôta
Vocative νῶτον
nôton		 νώτω
nṓtō		 νῶτᾰ
nôta
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

Further reading
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