γίννος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γιννός (ginnós), γῖνος (gînos), ἰννός (innós), ὔννος (únnos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin. It can hardly be from γίγνομαι (gígnomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡín.nos/ → /ˈʝin.nos/ → /ˈʝi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡín.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡin.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝin.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝin.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.nos/

Noun

γίννος • (gínnos) m (genitive γίννου); second declension

1. offspring of a mare by a mule
2. small mule, hinny

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ γῐ́ννος; τοῦ γῐ́ννου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γῐ́ννος ho gínnos	τὼ γῐ́ννω tṑ gínnō	οἱ γῐ́ννοι hoi gínnoi
Genitive	τοῦ γῐ́ννου toû gínnou	τοῖν γῐ́ννοιν toîn gínnoin	τῶν γῐ́ννων tôn gínnōn
Dative	τῷ γῐ́ννῳ tôi gínnōi	τοῖν γῐ́ννοιν toîn gínnoin	τοῖς γῐ́ννοις toîs gínnois
Accusative	τὸν γῐ́ννον tòn gínnon	τὼ γῐ́ννω tṑ gínnō	τοὺς γῐ́ννους toùs gínnous
Vocative	γῐ́ννε gínne	γῐ́ννω gínnō	γῐ́ννοι gínnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γίννος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γίννος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN