Νότος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Personification of νότος (nótos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nó.tos/ → /ˈno.tos/ → /ˈno.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nó.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈno.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈno.tos/

Proper noun

Νότος • (Nótos) m (genitive Νότου); second declension

1. Notus, the god of the south Wind, summer, warmth, radiance, energy, dryness, abundance, youth and innocence

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Νότος; τοῦ Νότου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Νότος ho Nótos
Genitive	τοῦ Νότου toû Nótou
Dative	τῷ Νότῳ tôi Nótōi
Accusative	τὸν Νότον tòn Nóton
Vocative	Νότε Nóte
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Notus
  • → English: Notus

Further reading

• “Νότος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Νότος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “Νότος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter