γένειον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *génewyom from the root of γένῠς (génus, “jaw, mouth”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡé.neː.on/ → /ˈʝe.ni.on/ → /ˈʝe.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡé.neː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ni.on/

Noun

γένειον • (géneion) n (genitive γενείου); second declension

1. The part covered by the beard, the chin.
2. The beard.
   1. A lion's mane.
3. Chaps, jaws.
4. (in the plural) The teeth of a saw.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γένειον; τοῦ γενείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γένειον tò géneion	τὼ γενείω tṑ geneíō	τᾰ̀ γένειᾰ tà géneia
Genitive	τοῦ γενείου toû geneíou	τοῖν γενείοιν toîn geneíoin	τῶν γενείων tôn geneíōn
Dative	τῷ γενείῳ tôi geneíōi	τοῖν γενείοιν toîn geneíoin	τοῖς γενείοις toîs geneíois
Accusative	τὸ γένειον tò géneion	τὼ γενείω tṑ geneíō	τᾰ̀ γένειᾰ tà géneia
Vocative	γένειον géneion	γενείω geneíō	γένειᾰ géneia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: γένι (géni)
• ⇒ Latin: genīoglōssus

  → English: genioglossus

References

• “γένειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γένειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γένειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette