Νοθεία

bastardy, illegitimacy

Translated by David Whitehead10 Dec 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] marriage-theft.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νοθεία· ἡ κλεψιγαμία.

Betacode

*noqei/a: h( kleyigami/a.

Notes

Entry lacking in mss AGF, added in the margin in ms M. Cf. nu 448.
The glossing word is more noteworthy (because very much rarer) than the headword -- the latter out of alphabetical order here.

Linked from1 entry

ν448Νοθείαbastardy[Meaning] covert birth, [or] prostitution. Bastard's inheritance is the name for the [sc. belongings] that bastards inherit through their fathers; it was up to a thousand drachmas. So Lysias and Isaeus and Aristophanes…

Neighbouring entries

ν530Νώδυνονpainless, pain-soothing ν531ΝῶεNoe, Noah ν532Νοθείαbastardy, illegitimacy ν533Νωθέστεροςmore sluggish, rather sluggish ν534Νωθείαςsluggishness, stupidity

Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Nov 2020

18 Nov 2020cross-reference — Catharine Roth
17 Jun 2013Revised — David Whitehead
11 Dec 2003expanded note — David Whitehead
10 Dec 2003set status — Catharine Roth
10 Dec 2003Translated — David Whitehead