| 释义 |
nepote Sc. Now rare.|ˈniːpəʊt|
[ad. L. nepōt-, stem of nepos: see nephew.]
†1. A grandson. Obs. rare.
1533Bellenden Livy i. xiii. (S.T.S.) I. 73 This Ancus was nepote to Numa pompilius, gottin on his dochter. 1536― Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 19 We ar faderis, ye, our sonnis; your sonnis ar our nepotis.
2. A nephew.
1533Bellenden Livy iii. xix. (S.T.S.) II. 26 Þe pride of his nepote [L. fratris filii] Appius Claudius. 1569Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 2/2 Nepote and heyre to the Erll of Montroise. 1889R. Brydall Art in Scotl. ix. 158 Any other than a nepote of the Holy Father. |