Nepos

Nepos is a Latin word originally meaning “grandson” or “descendant", that evolved with time to signify "nephew". The word gives rise to the term nepotism.
It may also may refer to:

  • Cornelius Nepos, the Roman biographer
  • Julius Nepos, sometimes considered the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
  • Aulus Platorius Nepos, the governor of Britannia under Hadrian
  • Nepos (Roman governor), during the reign of the emperor Trajan
  • The apocryphal Book of Nepos, written by an Egyptian bishop of the same name
  • Nepos, a village in Feldru Commune, Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania
  • Saint Nepos, a martyr and companion of the African Saint Quirinus]]