nepos

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *nepōts, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɛ.poːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɛː.pos] Homophone: Nepōs === Noun === nepōs m or f (genitive nepōtis); third declension a grandson a granddaughter (Can we add an example for this sense?) a nephew a niece (Can we add an example for this sense?) a descendant (figuratively) a spendthrift, prodigal ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (grandson): prōfīlius (Mediaeval) (granddaughter): neptis ==== Hyponyms ==== (nephew): sobrīnus ==== Coordinate terms ==== neptis neptia ==== Derived terms ==== abnepōs pronepōs nepōtor ==== Descendants ==== === 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, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “nepos”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 405-406