γενειάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γένειον (géneion, “chin”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.neː.ás/ → /ʝe.niˈas/ → /ʝe.niˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.neː.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡe.niˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.niˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.niˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝe.niˈas/

Noun

γενειᾰ́ς • (geneiás) f (genitive γενειᾰ́δος); third declension

1. beard

   Synonym: πώγων (pṓgōn)

2. (in the plural) cheeks
3. (zoology) jaw of a horse
4. (medicine) bandage for the chin

Declension

Third declension of ἡ γενειᾰ́ς; τῆς γενειᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γενειᾰ́ς hē geneiás	τὼ γενειᾰ́δε tṑ geneiáde	αἱ γενειᾰ́δες hai geneiádes
Genitive	τῆς γενειᾰ́δος tês geneiádos	τοῖν γενειᾰ́δοιν toîn geneiádoin	τῶν γενειᾰ́δων tôn geneiádōn
Dative	τῇ γενειᾰ́δῐ têi geneiádi	τοῖν γενειᾰ́δοιν toîn geneiádoin	ταῖς γενειᾰ́σῐ / γενειᾰ́σῐν taîs geneiási(n)
Accusative	τὴν γενειᾰ́δᾰ tḕn geneiáda	τὼ γενειᾰ́δε tṑ geneiáde	τᾱ̀ς γενειᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s geneiádas
Vocative	γενειᾰ́ς geneiás	γενειᾰ́δε geneiáde	γενειᾰ́δες geneiádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: γενειάδα (geneiáda)

Further reading

• “γενειάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γενειάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γενειάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “γενειάς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 67