neptis Latin · revision 32132

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=2nd half of the 2nd century BC, Afranius|origins=ine-pro *h₂nep-t-ih₂}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈnɛp.tɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈnɛp.tis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''neptis''' ''f'' (genitive neptis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Curtius has the accusative ''neptim'' and Tacitus the ablative ''neptī''.^(OLD 2012)

+ Medieval Latin also has ''nepta'' and ''neptia''.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*neptī-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂nep-t-ih₂|t=female descendant]], the feminine of the word continued in [[m|la|nepōs|t=grandson]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[sga|necht|t=niece]] and [[goh|nift|t=niece]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Afranius.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a granddaughter, as in Cicero's list of sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Juvenal uses the plural for female descendants: “speak, you descendants of Lepidus or blind Metellus”.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that the word was originally of common gender, as an inscription with a masculine shows.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin keeps the sense granddaughter.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval Latin it can mean a niece, or an aunt on the father's side.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd half of the 2nd century BC – Afranius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of granddaughters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal of female descendants.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|granddaughter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A female descendant.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|niece]]; an aunt on the father's side.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[abneptis]]

+ * [[adneptis]]

+ * [[nepticula]]

+ * [[trineptis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nepos|alt=nepōs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}