γένος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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From Proto-Hellenic *génos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“race”). Cognates include Latin gens, Latin genus, Sanskrit जनस् (jánas), Old Armenian ծին (cin) and English kin. Also see γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I am born”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡé.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.nos/
Noun
γένος • (génos) n (genitive γένεος or γένους); third declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ γένος tò génos |
τὼ γένει tṑ génei |
τᾰ̀ γένη tà génē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γένους toû génous |
τοῖν γενοῖν toîn genoîn |
τῶν γενῶν tôn genôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γένει tôi génei |
τοῖν γενοῖν toîn genoîn |
τοῖς γένεσῐ / γένεσῐν toîs génesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ γένος tò génos |
τὼ γένει tṑ génei |
τᾰ̀ γένη tà génē | ||||||||||
Vocative | γένος génos |
γένει génei |
γένη génē | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | γένος génos |
γένει / γένεε génei / génee |
γένεᾰ génea | ||||||||||
Genitive | γένεος / γένευς géneos / géneus |
γενέοιν genéoin |
γενέων genéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | γένει / γένεῐ̈ génei / géneï |
γενέοιν genéoin |
γένεσῐ / γένεσῐν génesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | γένος génos |
γένει / γένεε génei / génee |
γένεᾰ génea | ||||||||||
Vocative | γένος génos |
γένει / γένεε génei / génee |
γένεᾰ génea | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ γένος tò génos |
τὼ γένει / γένεε tṑ génei / génee |
τᾰ̀ γένεᾰ tà génea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γένεος / γένευς toû géneos / géneus |
τοῖν γενέοιν toîn genéoin |
τῶν γενέων tôn genéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γένει / γένεῐ̈ tôi génei / géneï |
τοῖν γενέοιν toîn genéoin |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν γένεσῐ / γένεσῐν toîsi(n) génesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ γένος tò génos |
τὼ γένει / γένεε tṑ génei / génee |
τᾰ̀ γένεᾰ tà génea | ||||||||||
Vocative | γένος génos |
γένει / γένεε génei / génee |
γένεᾰ génea | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Related terms
- -γενής (-genḗs)
- γενεά f (geneá, “generation”)
- γένεσις f (génesis, “birth”)
- γόνος m (gónos, “offspring”)
also
- γεννάω (gennáō, “I give birth”)
- γέννησις f (génnēsis, “birth”)
- and see γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “Ι come to being”)
Descendants
References
- “γένος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bauer lexicon
- G1085 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γένος. Also see γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I am born”).
Pronunciation
Noun
γένος • (génos) n (plural γένη)
- family
- nation
- (taxonomy, biology) genus
- (grammar) gender (masculine, feminine, etc)
- maiden name, née
- Η Ελένη Παπαδοπούλου, το γένος Μενεγάκη. ― I Eléni Papadopoúlou, to génos Menegáki. ― Eleni Papadopoulou, née Menegaki.
Declension
Declension of γένος
Coordinate terms
Taxonomic divisions
* επικράτεια • f (“domain”) | * ομοταξία • f (“class”) | * γένος • n (“genus”) |
* βασίλειο • n (“kindom”) | * τάξη • f (“order”) | * είδος • n (“species”) |
* συνομοταξία • f (“phylum”) | * οικογένεια • f (“family”) | * υποείδος • n (“subspecies”) |
Related terms
- -γενής (-genís)
- γενεά f (geneá, “generation”)
- γενεαλογία f (genealogía, “genealogy”)
- γένεση f (génesi, “birth, beginning”)
- γενέσθαι (genésthai)
- γενεσιουργός (genesiourgós)
- γενετικός (genetikós, “genetic”)
- γενιά f (geniá, “generation”)
- γόνος m (gónos, “offspring”)
and see
- γέννα f (génna, “birth”)
- γεννάω (gennáo, “I give birth”)
- γέννηση f (génnisi, “birth”)
- γίνομαι (gínomai, “Ι become”)
Further reading
- Γένος (βιολογία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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