Daily Ancestorneptis
Neptis is Latin for granddaughter, and in later church Latin also for niece; it is the feminine partner of nepos.
Neptis means granddaughter in classical Latin; later records also use it for a niece. It is the feminine form that goes with nepos, which can mean grandson or nephew.
Because of the double meaning, check ages and other records before deciding whether the girl was a granddaughter or a niece.
As seen in a recordNote in a Latin burial entry
Anna, neptis defunctae
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