γεννήτωρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

γεννᾱ́τωρ (gennā́tōr) — Doric

Etymology

From γεννᾰ́ω (gennáō, “to beget, give birth to; produce, generate”) +‎ -τωρ (-tōr, masculine agent noun suffix) from γέννα (génna) +‎ -ᾰ́ω (-áō), poetic form of γένος (génos, “offspring”). Doublet of γενέτωρ (genétōr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡen.nɛ̌ː.tɔːr/ → /ʝenˈni.tor/ → /ʝeˈni.tor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡen.nɛ̌ː.tɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡenˈne̝.tor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝenˈni.tor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝenˈni.tor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝeˈni.tor/

Noun

γεννήτωρ • (gennḗtōr) m (genitive γεννήτορος); third declension

1. parent, genitor, father
2. progenitor, procreator, forefather, ancestor
3. begetter, creator, generator, producer, maker

   Θεοτοκίον. Γεννήτωρ, ἐν Παραδείσῳ γέγονε, φθόνος θανάτου βροτοῖς, ὃν γεννηθεὶς Πανάχραντε ἐκ σοῦ, ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρός, μετ’ ἤχου ἐξηφάνισεν, ἀθανασίαν δοὺς τῷ γένει ἡμῶν.

   Theotokíon. Gennḗtōr, en Paradeísōi gégone, phthónos thanátou brotoîs, hòn gennētheìs Panákhrante ek soû, ho Huiòs toû Theoû kaì Patrós, met’ ḗkhou exēphánisen, athanasían doùs tôi génei hēmôn.

   Theotokion. (O Theotokos) in the Garden jealousy became the begetter of death to mortals, which He begotten of you Most Immaculate, the Son of God the Father, with clamor obliterated, granting immortality to our race.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ γεννήτωρ; τοῦ γεννήτορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γεννήτωρ ho gennḗtōr	τὼ γεννήτορε tṑ gennḗtore	οἱ γεννήτορες hoi gennḗtores
Genitive	τοῦ γεννήτορος toû gennḗtoros	τοῖν γεννητόροιν toîn gennētóroin	τῶν γεννητόρων tôn gennētórōn
Dative	τῷ γεννήτορῐ tôi gennḗtori	τοῖν γεννητόροιν toîn gennētóroin	τοῖς γεννήτορσῐ / γεννήτορσῐν toîs gennḗtorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν γεννήτορᾰ tòn gennḗtora	τὼ γεννήτορε tṑ gennḗtore	τοὺς γεννήτορᾰς toùs gennḗtoras
Vocative	γεννῆτορ gennêtor	γεννήτορε gennḗtore	γεννήτορες gennḗtores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

φῡ́σᾱς (phū́sās) προπάτωρ (propátōr)

Descendants

Greek: γεννήτορας (gennítoras)

Further reading

• “γεννήτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γεννήτωρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• γεννήτωρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • begetter idem, page 70.
  • father idem, page 309.
  • procreator idem, page 644.
  • propagator idem, page 653.
  • sire idem, page 779.