γενέσια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter plural of γενέσιος (genésios, “concerning a birthday”) from γένεσις (génesis, “birth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.né.si.a/ → /ʝeˈne.si.a/ → /ʝeˈne.si.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.né.si.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈne.si.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈne.si.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈne.si.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈne.si.a/

Noun

γενέσια • (genésia) n (genitive γενεσίων); second declension

1. birthday

Usage notes

While γενέσια (genésia) was originally used specifically for birthdays of the dead, with γενέθλιος (genéthlios) being used for those of the living, in later Greek, it came in use for both. Also note that γενέσια (genésia) is only in plural, even though the meaning is generally taken to be single.

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ γενέσιᾰ; τῶν γενεσίων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ γενέσιᾰ tà genésia
Genitive	τῶν γενεσίων tôn genesíōn
Dative	τοῖς γενεσίοις toîs genesíois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ γενέσιᾰ tà genésia
Vocative	γενέσιᾰ genésia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “γενέσια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γενέσια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• γενέσια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1077 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible