ἀγεννησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγέννητος (agénnētos, “low-born”, “sordid”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix). The τ (t) changed to σ (s) by palatalization.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡen.nɛː.sí.aː/ → /a.ʝen.niˈsi.a/ → /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡen.nɛː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡen.ne̝ˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝen.niˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝen.niˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ • (agennēsíā) f (genitive ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. uncreatedness
   • 300 CE – 500 CE, Stobaeus, Anthology 1.11.2

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ hē agennēsíā	τὼ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ tṑ agennēsíā	αἱ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αι hai agennēsíai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱς tês agennēsíās	τοῖν ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αιν toîn agennēsíain	τῶν ᾰ̓γεννησῐῶν tôn agennēsiôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾳ têi agennēsíāi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αιν toîn agennēsíain	ταῖς ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αις taîs agennēsíais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱν tḕn agennēsíān	τὼ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ tṑ agennēsíā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱς tā̀s agennēsíās
Vocative	ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ agennēsíā	ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ agennēsíā	ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αι agennēsíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• γένεσῐς (génesis)

Descendants

• Latin: agennēsia
  • English: agennesia
  • German: Agennesie

References

• “ἀγεννησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγεννησία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγεννησία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)