γεννήτωρ
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From γεννᾰ́ω (gennáō, “to beget, give birth to; produce, generate”) + -τωρ (-tōr, masculine agent noun suffix) from γέννα (génna) + -ᾰ́ω (-áō), poetic form of γένος (génos, “offspring”). Doublet of γενέτωρ (genétōr).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡen.nɛ̌ː.tɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡenˈne̝.tor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝenˈni.tor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝenˈni.tor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝeˈni.tor/
Noun edit
γεννήτωρ • (gennḗtōr) m (genitive γεννήτορος); third declension
- parent, genitor, father
- progenitor, procreator, forefather, ancestor
- begetter, creator, generator, producer, maker
- Θεοτοκίον. Γεννήτωρ, ἐν Παραδείσῳ γέγονε, φθόνος θανάτου βροτοῖς, ὃν γεννηθεὶς Πανάχραντε ἐκ σοῦ, ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρός, μετ’ ἤχου ἐξηφάνισεν, ἀθανασίαν δοὺς τῷ γένει ἡμῶν.
- Theotokíon. Gennḗtōr, en Paradeísōi gégone, phthónos thanátou brotoîs, hòn gennētheìs Panákhrante ek soû, ho Huiòs toû Theoû kaì Patrós, met’ ḗkhou exēphánisen, athanasían doùs tôi génei hēmôn.
- Theotokion. (O Theotokos) in the Garden jealousy became the begetter of death to mortals, which He begotten of you Most Immaculate, the Son of God the Father, with clamor obliterated, granting immortality to our race.
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γεννήτωρ ho gennḗtōr |
τὼ γεννήτορε tṑ gennḗtore |
οἱ γεννήτορες hoi gennḗtores | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γεννήτορος toû gennḗtoros |
τοῖν γεννητόροιν toîn gennētóroin |
τῶν γεννητόρων tôn gennētórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γεννήτορῐ tôi gennḗtori |
τοῖν γεννητόροιν toîn gennētóroin |
τοῖς γεννήτορσῐ / γεννήτορσῐν toîs gennḗtorsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γεννήτορᾰ tòn gennḗtora |
τὼ γεννήτορε tṑ gennḗtore |
τοὺς γεννήτορᾰς toùs gennḗtoras | ||||||||||
Vocative | γεννῆτορ gennêtor |
γεννήτορε gennḗtore |
γεννήτορες gennḗtores | ||||||||||
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Synonyms edit
φῡ́σᾱς (phū́sās) προπάτωρ (propátōr)
Descendants edit
Greek: γεννήτορας (gennítoras)
Further reading edit
- “γεννήτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γεννήτωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- γεννήτωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- begetter idem, page 70.
- father idem, page 309.
- procreator idem, page 644.
- propagator idem, page 653.
- sire idem, page 779.