γενέτας

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, to be born) +‎ -τᾱς (-tās, agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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γενέτᾱς (genétāsm (genitive γενέτᾱ); first declension (Epic, Aeolic, Doric)

  1. begetter, ancestor, father
    • c. 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes, 982–1012, lines 1007–1012:
      θανάτους θανάτων τά τ’ ἐπώνυμα δεῖπνα Θυέστου λέκτρα τε Κρήσσας Ἀερόπας δολίας δολίοισι γάμοις: τὰ πανύστατα δ’ εἰς ἐμὲ καὶ γενέταν ἐμὸν ἤλυθε δόμων πολυπόνοις ἀνάγκαις.
      thanátous thanátōn tá t’ epṓnuma deîpna Thuéstou léktra te Krḗssas Aerópas dolías dolíoisi gámois: tà panústata d’ eis emè kaì genétan emòn ḗluthe dómōn polupónois anánkais.
      Death for death both at the banquet to which Thyestes gave his name and in the marriage-bed of Aerope of Crete devious in her deceitful marriage; but alas the end has come unto me and my father with anguished afflictions upon our house.

Inflection

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Noun

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γενέτᾱς (genétāsf (Doric, Aeolic)

  1. genitive singular of γενέτᾱ (genétā, the hour of birth)