γένος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *génos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“race”). Cognates include Latin genus, Sanskrit जनस् (jánas), Old Armenian ծին (cin) and English kin. Also see γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I am born”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡé.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣe.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.nos/
Noun
γένος • (génos) n (genitive γένεος or γένους); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ γένος tò génos |
τὼ γένεε tṑ génee |
τᾰ̀ γένεᾰ tà génea | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γένεος toû géneos |
τοῖν γενέοιν toîn genéoin |
τῶν γενέων tôn genéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γένεῐ̈ tôi géneï |
τοῖν γενέοιν toîn genéoin |
τοῖς γένεσῐ(ν) toîs génesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γένος tò génos |
τὼ γένεε tṑ génee |
τᾰ̀ γένεᾰ tà génea | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γένος génos |
γένεε génee |
γένεᾰ génea | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Related terms
- -γενής (-genḗs)
- γενεά f (geneá, “generation”)
- γένεσις f (génesis, “birth”)
- γόνος m (gónos, “offspring”)
also
Descendants
- Greek: γένος (génos)
References
- γένος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bauer lexicon
- G1085 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γένος. Also see γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I am born”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝe̞no̞s/
- Hyphenation: γέ‧νος
Noun
γένος • (génos) n (plural γένη)
Declension
Coordinate terms
Taxonomic divisions
| * επικράτεια • f (“domain”) | * ομοταξία • f (“class”) | * γένος • n (“genus”) |
| * βασίλειο • n (“kindom”) | * τάξη • f (“order”) | * είδος • n (“species”) |
| * συνομοταξία • f (“phylum”) | * οικογένεια • f (“family”) | * υποείδος • n (“subspecies”) |
Related terms
- -γενής (-genís)
- γενεά f (geneá, “generation”)
- γενεαλογία f (genealogía, “genealogy”)
- γένεση f (génesi, “birth, beginning”)
- γενέσθαι (genésthai)
- γενεσιουργός (genesiourgós)
- γενετικός (genetikós, “genetic”)
- γενιά f (geniá, “generation”)
- γόνος m (gónos, “offspring”)
and see
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