nothus

nŏthus, a, um, adj., = νόθος, spurious, not genuine.

• I Lit.
• • A Of persons, illegitimate, bastard, born out of wedlock (but of a known father; contra, spurius, of an unknown father: legitimus, born in wedlock): nothum qui non sit legitimus, Graeci vocant: Latinum rei nomen non habemus, Quint. 3, 6, 97; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll.; Quint. 3, 6, 96; 7, 7, 10: Antiphaten ... Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti, Verg. A. 9, 697.—
  • B Of animals of a mixed breed, mongrel, Verg. A. 7, 283; Col. 8, 2, 13; Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 3.—
• II Transf., not genuine, false, counterfeit (poet. and in post-class. prose): lunaque sive notho fertur loca lumine lustrans, Sive suam proprio jactat de corpore lucem, i.e. borrowed, not its own, Lucr. 5, 575; so, lumen, Cat. 34, 15: Attis notha mulier, false, counterfeit, id. 63, 27: quojus genera (nominum) sunt tria, unum vernaculum ac domi natum, alterum adventicium, tertium nothum ex peregrino hic natum, Varr. L. L. 10, § 69 Müll.; so, notha nomina, id. ib. 10, § 70: nothae atque adulterae lectiones, Arn. 5, 182.

nothus, a, um (νόθος), unecht, I) eig. = unehelich, mit einer Beischläferin od. Sklavin erzeugt, ein Bastard (aber von einem gewissen, bekannten Vater, Ggstz. legitimus; hingegen spurius von einem nicht gekannten Vater, s. Spalding Quint. 3, 6, 97), Verg. u. Colum. – von Tieren, die von Eltern verschiedener Art od. aus verschiedenen Ländern erzeugt sind, ein Bastard, Verg. – II) übtr., unecht, fremd, falsch, lumen (Ggstz. proprium lumen), Lucr. 5, 574. Catull. 34, 15: Attis notha mulier, Catull. 63, 27. – quoius genera (nominum) sunt tria, unum vernaculum ac domi natum, alterum adventicium, tertium nothum ex peregrino hic natum, Varro LL. 10, 69: u. so notha nomina, ibid. § 70: nothae atque adulterae lectiones (Ausdrücke), Arnob. 5, 36.

1 nothus [CL < νόθος] 1 born out of wedlock, illegitimate. b (as sb.) bastard; c (passing into nickname or surname). Aldfridus in regnum frater ejus ~us substituitur Bede CuthbP 24; et nothus Anglorum germanus regmina sumpsit / Aldfridus Æthelwulf Abb. 36; data ei in conjugium filia ~a W. Malm. GR V 400; filium ~um de concubina pellice generaverat R. Cold. Godr. 593; occurrunt ‥ fratres germani et ~i [gl: le bastarz, bastard] Balsh. Ut. 47; s1251 per magnum sigillum legittimare proposuit sororem regis ~am Bower X 4.  b porro quid spuriis, queso, quid nothis et illegitime natis cum hereditate commune?  Gir. JS sup. 145; commiscet Cesares et candidarios, / nothos et nobiles, claros et spurios Walt. Wimb. Sim. 140; a bastarde, ‥ ~us ex nobili patre, spurius ex nobile matre CathA.  c Briht ~us [? cf. Eng. name Brihtnoð] (Suff) DB II 380v; usque ad Guillelmi ~i tempora magis bellare quam legere vel dictare laboraverunt Ord. Vit. III prol. p. 2; ad Willelmum ~um qui fuit dux Normannie et postea rex Anglie Meaux I 89. 2 (gram, transf. & fig.) hybrid, composed with more than one element: a (of letter); b (of noun). a nos decem et septem genitae sine voce sorores / sex alias nothas non dicimus annumerandas / ‥ / terni nos fratres incerta matre crearunt Aldh. Aen. 30 (Elementum) 2.  b alia [nomina] ~a sunt, quae ex parte Latina sunt et ex parte Graeca Tatwine Ars 1. 17 p. 9; media [nomina] quae et ~a, ex parte Graeca sunt, ex parte Latina, quae corrumpunt ultimas syllabas, manentibus prioribus Bonif. AG 476; ~a [sc. nomina], adultera eo quod incerti generis Gl. Leid. 43 6. 3 (as sb m.) adulterer. notus, aliquando pro vento, aliquando pro adultero Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 383; hic ~us ‥ i. adulter, et hic mechus ‥ in eodem sensu Ib. 603; ‘Notus’, pro vento australi, non habet aspiracionem ad T literam, sed ‘~us’, pro adultero habet Bacon Tert. 247. 4 (med., in quot. of fever) spurious, bastard. [febris] non vera sive ~a est in qua non omnia particularia sed pauca vel plura conveniunt Gilb. I 7v. 1; in quotidiana et tertiana ~a Ib. II 97. 1; tertiana non vera vel nota i. e. non pura quandoque durat tempore longo Gad. 4. 2.

nŏthus, (13) a, um (νόθος), ¶ 1 bâtard, illégitime : Quint. 3, 6, 97 ; 7, 7, 10 ; nothus Sarpedonis Virg. En. 9, 697, fils naturel de Sarpédon || croisé [animaux] : quos... nothos creavit Virg. En. 7, 283, [chevaux] quʼelle obtint par un croisement : Col. Rust. 8, 2, 13 ; Plin. 8, 3 ¶ 2 [fig.] nothum lumen Lucr. 5, 575, lumière empruntée ; nothum nomen Varro L. 10, 69, mot dérivé dʼun mot étranger.

nothus , i. m.
私孩。孽子。雑種。駒。

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nothus , a, um. adj.
私子。僞者。Luna lumine notho lustrans 借光而明之月。Mulier notha 太監。老公。

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nothus adj.

• , νόθος, illegitimate, born out of wedlock (of a known father): Antiphaten . . . Thebanā de matre nothum Sarpedonis alti, V.—Of animals, mixed, mongrel, V.— False, counterfeit: lumen, Ct.