παλαιγενής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πάλαι (pálai, “long ago”) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.lai̯.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/ → /pa.lɛ.ʝeˈnis/ → /pa.le.ʝeˈnis/

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

Adjective

πᾰλαιγενής • (palaigenḗs) m or f (neuter πᾰλαιγενές); third declension

1. born long ago, full of years

Inflection

Third declension of πᾰλαιγενής; πᾰλαιγενές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰλαιγενής palaigenḗs	πᾰλαιγενές palaigenés		πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî	πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî		πᾰλαιγενεῖς palaigeneîs	πᾰλαιγενῆ palaigenê
Genitive		πᾰλαιγενοῦς palaigenoûs	πᾰλαιγενοῦς palaigenoûs		πᾰλαιγενοῖν palaigenoîn	πᾰλαιγενοῖν palaigenoîn		πᾰλαιγενῶν palaigenôn	πᾰλαιγενῶν palaigenôn
Dative		πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî	πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî		πᾰλαιγενοῖν palaigenoîn	πᾰλαιγενοῖν palaigenoîn		πᾰλαιγενέσῐ / πᾰλαιγενέσῐν palaigenési(n)	πᾰλαιγενέσῐ / πᾰλαιγενέσῐν palaigenési(n)
Accusative		πᾰλαιγενῆ palaigenê	πᾰλαιγενές palaigenés		πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî	πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî		πᾰλαιγενεῖς palaigeneîs	πᾰλαιγενῆ palaigenê
Vocative		πᾰλαιγενές palaigenés	πᾰλαιγενές palaigenés		πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî	πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî		πᾰλαιγενεῖς palaigeneîs	πᾰλαιγενῆ palaigenê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πᾰλαιγενῶς palaigenôs			πᾰλαιγενέστερος palaigenésteros			πᾰλαιγενέστᾰτος palaigenéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παλαιγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παλαιγενής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• παλαιγενής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• παλαιγενής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963