νόθ-ος, η, ον,
also ος, ον [[(3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 279)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], bastard, baseborn, i.e. born of a slave or concubine, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” (never in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), ν. υἱός 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.727, etc.; παῖδες ν. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.103, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 27d ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to γνήσιος, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.102, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1650 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅδ᾽, εἰ ν. τις, γνησίοις ἴσον σθένει [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 87; νόθοι καὶ οὐχ υἱοί ἐστε NT.Heb.12.8: _feminine_, κούρη νόθη 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.173. ] NT+8th c.BC+]
__2 at Athens, child of a citizen father and an alien mother, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.213, etc.; νόθος πρὸς μητρός 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 plural, in Egypt, a class of temple-attendants, Wilcken [[ “Chr.” 66 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 of animals, cross-bred, πρόβατα [[ “PHib.” 1.32.15 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II generally, spurious, counterfeit, supposititious, of persons and things, λογισμῷ τινι ν. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 52b, compare 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 26; ν. παιδείᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 741a; ν. ἡδοναί [prev. author] “R.” 587c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀοιδαί Call.[same place]; νόθον ἧπαρ ὁ σπλήν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 669b28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ ν. πλευραί the false ribs, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.35.6, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 4.9, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 2.6; ν. πυρετός 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.30 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ν. σάλπιγξ, of a serpent's hiss, [[ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 35.214 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; ν. φέγγος, of the moon, opposed to γνήσιον, of the sun, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.628; ν. ἱματισμός ] Refs 1st c.AD+]meretricious, Peripl.M. [[ “Rubr.” 39,49] Refs]. adverb -θως insincerely, disingenuously, [[ LXX.3Mac.3.17, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] LXX+5th c.AD+]