διγενής

See also: Διγένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

δῐ- (di-) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/ → /ði.ʝeˈnis/ → /ði.ʝeˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.ɡeˈne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.ʝeˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.ʝeˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.ʝeˈnis/

Adjective

δῐγενής • (digenḗs) m or f (neuter δῐγενές); third declension

1. of doubtful or twofold sex, androgynous, hermaphrodite
   • 1115 – 1195, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Collected Works 150.27
   • SimocEp 43.2
   • MSyncPhrase 17.110
   • ScholOd 327.16
   • Suda I.344.22
2. of two genders
   • 170 BCE – 90 BCE, Dionysius Thrax, Art of Grammar 553.11
3. (Byzantine) of dual lineage
   • TheophCont 603
   • PachF II.401.25

Declension

Third declension of δῐγενής; δῐγενές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐγενής digenḗs	δῐγενές digenés		δῐγενεῖ digeneî	δῐγενεῖ digeneî		δῐγενεῖς digeneîs	δῐγενῆ digenê
Genitive		δῐγενοῦς digenoûs	δῐγενοῦς digenoûs		δῐγενοῖν digenoîn	δῐγενοῖν digenoîn		δῐγενῶν digenôn	δῐγενῶν digenôn
Dative		δῐγενεῖ digeneî	δῐγενεῖ digeneî		δῐγενοῖν digenoîn	δῐγενοῖν digenoîn		δῐγενέσῐ / δῐγενέσῐν digenési(n)	δῐγενέσῐ / δῐγενέσῐν digenési(n)
Accusative		δῐγενῆ digenê	δῐγενές digenés		δῐγενεῖ digeneî	δῐγενεῖ digeneî		δῐγενεῖς digeneîs	δῐγενῆ digenê
Vocative		δῐγενές digenés	δῐγενές digenés		δῐγενεῖ digeneî	δῐγενεῖ digeneî		δῐγενεῖς digeneîs	δῐγενῆ digenê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δῐγενῶς digenôs			δῐγενέστερος digenésteros			δῐγενέστᾰτος digenéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῐγενῶς (digenôs)

Descendants

• English: digenous

References

• “διγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διγενής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• διγενής in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften