νόθ-ος, η, ον, also ος, ον [
Refs 3rd c.BC+],
bastard, baseborn, i.e. born of a slave or concubine, frequently in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to γνήσιος, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅδ᾽, εἰ ν. τις, γνησίοις ἴσον σθένει [
NT+8th c.BC+]
2) at Athens,
child of a citizen father and an alien mother, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3)
plural, in Egypt, a class of
temple-attendants, Wilcken [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4) of animals,
cross-bred, πρόβατα [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II) generally,
spurious, counterfeit, supposititious, of persons and things, λογισμῷ τινι ν. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀοιδαί Call.[same place]; νόθον ἧπαρ ὁ σπλήν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ ν. πλευραί the
false ribs, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ν. σάλπιγξ, of a serpent's hiss, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]; ν. φέγγος, of the moon, opposed to γνήσιον, of the sun, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
meretricious, Peripl.M. [
Refs].
adverb -θως insincerely, disingenuously, [
LXX+5th c.AD+]
II.2) of literary works,
spurious, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]