Γένεσις

See also: γένεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Hellenistic Koine from γένεσις (“origin, creation”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/ → /ˈʝe.ne.sis/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/

Proper noun

Γένεσῐς • (Génesis) f (genitive Γενέσεως); third declension (singular only)

1. Genesis. The title of the first book of the Bible and Pentateuch as in the Septuagint translation in Greek.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Γένεσῐς; τῆς Γενέσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Γένεσῐς hē Génesis
Genitive	τῆς Γενέσεως tês Genéseōs
Dative	τῇ Γενέσει têi Genései
Accusative	τὴν Γένεσῐν tḕn Génesin
Vocative	Γένεσῐ Génesi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Γένεση (Génesi)
• and see languages → Geineasas, Genèse, Genesi, Genesis, Génesis, Gênesis, Geneza, Genezo, Henesis

Greek

Etymology

Hellenistic Koine Γένεσις (Génesis), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (“origin, creation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
• Hyphenation: Γέ‧νε‧σις

Proper noun

Γένεσις • (Génesis) f (singular only), as in the original title: Γένεσις

1. Katharevousa form of Γένεση (Génesi)