γέννημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γεννάω (gennáō, “to generate”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡén.nɛː.ma/ → /ˈʝen.ni.ma/ → /ˈʝe.ni.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡén.nɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡen.ne̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝen.ni.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝen.ni.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ni.ma/

Noun

γέννημᾰ • (génnēma) n (genitive γέννημᾰτος); third declension

1. That which is produced, a product
2. That which is born, a child.
   • 70 CE – 110 CE, The Gospel of Matthew 23:33:

     ὄφεις! γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν!

     ópheis! gennḗmata ekhidnôn!

     Snakes! Offspring of vipers!

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ γέννημᾰ; τοῦ γεννήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γέννημᾰ tò génnēma	τὼ γεννήμᾰτε tṑ gennḗmate	τᾰ̀ γεννήμᾰτᾰ tà gennḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ γεννήμᾰτος toû gennḗmatos	τοῖν γεννημᾰ́τοιν toîn gennēmátoin	τῶν γεννημᾰ́των tôn gennēmátōn
Dative	τῷ γεννήμᾰτῐ tôi gennḗmati	τοῖν γεννημᾰ́τοιν toîn gennēmátoin	τοῖς γεννήμᾰσῐ / γεννήμᾰσῐν toîs gennḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ γέννημᾰ tò génnēma	τὼ γεννήμᾰτε tṑ gennḗmate	τᾰ̀ γεννήμᾰτᾰ tà gennḗmata
Vocative	γέννημᾰ génnēma	γεννήμᾰτε gennḗmate	γεννήμᾰτᾰ gennḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “γέννημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γέννημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette