γενεαλογία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γενεᾱλογέω (geneālogéō, “I trace descent”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.ne.aː.lo.ɡí.aː/ → /ʝe.ne.a.loˈʝi.a/ → /ʝe.ne.a.loˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ne.aː.lo.ɡí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ne.a.loˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.ne.a.loˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.ne.a.loˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝe.ne.a.loˈʝi.a/

Noun

γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ • (geneālogíā) f (genitive γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. genealogy

Declension

First declension of ἡ γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ; τῆς γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ hē geneālogíā	τὼ γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ tṑ geneālogíā	αἱ γενεᾱλογῐ́αι hai geneālogíai
Genitive	τῆς γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱς tês geneālogíās	τοῖν γενεᾱλογῐ́αιν toîn geneālogíain	τῶν γενεᾱλογῐῶν tôn geneālogiôn
Dative	τῇ γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾳ têi geneālogíāi	τοῖν γενεᾱλογῐ́αιν toîn geneālogíain	ταῖς γενεᾱλογῐ́αις taîs geneālogíais
Accusative	τὴν γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱν tḕn geneālogíān	τὼ γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ tṑ geneālogíā	τᾱ̀ς γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱς tā̀s geneālogíās
Vocative	γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ geneālogíā	γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ geneālogíā	γενεᾱλογῐ́αι geneālogíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (gabaurþiwaurd) (calque)
• → Greek: γενεαλογία (genealogía)
• Latin: geneālogia
  • Catalan: genealogia
  • → Finnish: genealogia
  • Italian: genealogia
  • Old French: genealogie
    • French: généalogie
      • → Dutch: genealogie
    • → Middle English: genialogi, geneologi, genelogi, genologi
      • English: genealogy
  • → Polish: genealogia
  • Spanish: genealogía
• → Russian: генеало́гия (genealógija)

References

• “γενεᾱλογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γενεαλογία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γενεαλογία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• γενεαλογία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1076 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • genealogy idem, page 355.
  • pedigree idem, page 601.

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía).

Noun

γενεαλογία • (genealogía) f (plural γενεαλογίες)

1. genealogy

Declension

Declension of γενεαλογία

	singular	plural
nominative	γενεαλογία •	γενεαλογίες •
genitive	γενεαλογίας •	γενεαλογιών •
accusative	γενεαλογία •	γενεαλογίες •
vocative	γενεαλογία •	γενεαλογίες •

Further reading

• “γενεαλογία”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998