γενέτης
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born”) + -της (-tēs, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡe.né.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡeˈne.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝeˈne.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝeˈne.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝeˈne.tis/
Noun edit
γενέτης • (genétēs) m (genitive γενέτου); first declension (Attic, Ionic)
- begetter, ancestor
- father
- (in the plural) parents
- (figuratively) author
- the begotten, son
- (attributive, with θεοί) familial, of one's race
- (attributive) produced
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γενέτης ho genétēs |
τὼ γενέτᾱ tṑ genétā |
οἱ γενέται hoi genétai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γενέτου toû genétou |
τοῖν γενέταιν toîn genétain |
τῶν γενετῶν tôn genetôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γενέτῃ tôi genétēi |
τοῖν γενέταιν toîn genétain |
τοῖς γενέταις toîs genétais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γενέτην tòn genétēn |
τὼ γενέτᾱ tṑ genétā |
τοὺς γενέτᾱς toùs genétās | ||||||||||
Vocative | γενέτᾰ genéta |
γενέτᾱ genétā |
γενέται genétai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms edit
- (familial): γενέθλιος (genéthlios)
Derived terms edit
- αἰειγενέτης (aieigenétēs)
- παγγενέτης (pangenétēs)
Further reading edit
- “γενέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γενέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γενέτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γενέτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)