ὄνομαι
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
νόθος
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
nothos
English translation (word)
bastard, illegitimate son
Transliteration (Etymon)
onomai
English translation (etymon)
to blame
Century
5 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etymologicum, nu, p. 107
Ed.
F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820
Quotation
Νόθος. ὀνοτός τις ὢν, κατ’ ἀποβολὴν τοῦ ο, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς θ.
Translation (En)
Nothos "bastard", a "blameful" man (onotos), by dropping of the /o/ and change of the /t/ to /th/
Parallels
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 606 (Νόθος: Παρὰ τὸ ὀνῶ, τὸ μέμφομαι καὶ βλάπτω, γίνεται ὄνοτος· καὶ κατὰ ἀποβολὴν τοῦ ο, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς θ, γίνεται νόθος); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, nu, p. 1403 (Νόθος. ὁ μὴ γνήσιος υἱός. παρὰ τὸ ὀνῶ, τὸ μέμφομαι καὶ βλάπτω, γίνεται ὀνότος, καὶ κατὰ ἀποβολὴν τοῦ ο καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς θ νόθος, ὁ μὴ ὢν γνήσιος υἱὸς, ἀλλ’ ἐκ παλλακίδος); T Schol. Il. 5.70b (νόθος δὲ ὀνοτός τις ὢν ἢ νωθὴς τῷ γένει); Scholia in Oppianum, Hal. 1.323 (Νόθος· παρὰ τὸ ὀνῶ τὸ μέμφομαι γίνεται ὄνοτος, καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ ο καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ τ εἰς θ νόθος)
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has νόθος as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology, requiring two formal changes, which are explicit in Orion. The word receives an etymology underlining the moral condemnation of the status of illegitimate children