[ˈnɛ.poːs], [ˈnɛː.pos]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *nepōts, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.
- declension-3a grandson
“Et Tyriī comitēs passim et Troiāna iuventūs
Dardaniusque nepōs Veneris dīversa per agrōs
tēcta metū petiēre ….
And the Tyrian attendants [rush] here and there, and the youth of Troy – and Venus’s Dard”
- declension-3a granddaughter
- declension-3a nephew
- declension-3a niece
- declension-3a descendant
- declension-3, figurativelya spendthrift, prodigal
- declension-3Cornelius Nepos (circa 110–25 BC), a Roman historian, a friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Calullus, and the author of the work De Viris Illustribus
- declension-3Flavius Julius Nepos (circa AD 430–480), the penultimate Western Roman Emperor (r. 474/5–480)
Formaenepōs(canonical, feminine, masculine) · nepōtis(genitive) · nepōs(nominative, singular) · nepōtēs(nominative, plural) · nepōtis(genitive, singular) · nepōtum(genitive, plural) · nepōtī(dative, singular) · nepōtibus(dative, plural) · nepōtem(accusative, singular) · nepōtēs(accusative, plural) · nepōte(ablative, singular) · nepōtibus(ablative, plural) · nepōs(singular, vocative) · nepōtēs(plural, vocative) · Nepōs(canonical, masculine, singular) · Nepōtis(genitive) · Nepōs(nominative, singular) · Nepōtis(genitive, singular) · Nepōtī(dative, singular) · Nepōtem(accusative, singular)