nepos

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈne.poːs/, [ˈnɛ.poːs]
• Homophone: Nepōs

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

Third-declension noun.

• (grandson): prōfīlius (Mediaeval)
• (granddaughter): neptis

• nepōtor

• 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, 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