neptis

Latin > English

neptis neptis N F :: granddaughter; female descendant

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

neptis: is, f. (like nepos, orig. comm.; as
I masc., still found in an inscr.: C. COELIO VERO NEPTI, Inscr. Murat. 692, 2; cf. nepos as fem. in class. Lat. exclusively) [1. nepos, a granddaughter: filii, filiae, nepotes, neptes, Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85: neptes Licinias, id. Brut. 58, 211: vestis ab uxore et filiā, neptibusque confecta, Suet. Aug. 73; 31: neptis Veneris, i. e. Ino, Ov. M. 4, 530: doctas Cybeleia, neptes vidit, i. e. the Muses, id. F. 4, 191; Juv. 6, 265.—Acc.: neptim, Curt. 6, 2, 7.—Abl.: nepti, Tac. A. 3, 24.—Gen. plur.: neptium, Just. Inst. 3, 1, 15 Krüg.—Also, a niece, Spart. Hadr. 2; cf. 1, nepos init.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

neptis,¹⁰ is, f., petite-fille : Afran. 246 ; Cic. Tusc. 1, 85 ; Suet. Aug. 73 || nièce : Spart. Hadr. 5, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

neptis, is, f. (altindisch naptí; vgl. nepos), I) die Enkelin, Afran. com. 246. Cic. Tusc. 1, 85: neptis Veneris, Ino, Ov. met. 4, 531: neptes Liciniae, Cic. Brut. 211: doctae neptes, die Musen, Ov. fast. 4, 191: sororis suae neptis, Suet. Caes. 27, 1: neptis, quam ex filio habebat, Cels. dig. 2, 14, 33. – II) übtr., die Nichte, Spart. Hadr. 5. § 3. – / Akk. auch neptim, Curt. 6, 2 (5), 7: Abl. auch nepti, Tac. ann. 3, 24: Genet. Plur. immer neptium (jetzt auch Iustin. inst. 3, 1. § 15 ed. Krueger, wo Beck noch neptum). – Nbbff. neptia, Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 2208: nepotia, ibid. 3, 6155: nepotis, ibid. 8, 4050.

Latin > Chinese

neptis, is. f. :: 孫女。Ex filia neptis 外孫女。