μονογενής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μουνογενής (mounogenḗs) — Epic, Ionic
Etymology
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μόνος (mónos, “only”) + -γενής (-genḗs, “of a kind”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mo.no.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mo.no.ɡeˈne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mo.no.ʝeˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mo.no.ʝeˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mo.no.ʝeˈnis/
Adjective
μονογενής • (monogenḗs) m or f (neuter μονογενές); third declension
- being the only member of a kin or kind
- (Christianity, of Christ) only-begotten of the Father
- (Christianity, of Christ) only-begotten of the Father
- only, single
- Ant., Lib. 32.1
- unique
- (grammar) having one form for all genders
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Declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | μονογενής monogenḗs |
μονογενές monogenés |
μονογενεῖ monogeneî |
μονογενεῖ monogeneî |
μονογενεῖς monogeneîs |
μονογενῆ monogenê | ||||||||
Genitive | μονογενοῦς monogenoûs |
μονογενοῦς monogenoûs |
μονογενοῖν monogenoîn |
μονογενοῖν monogenoîn |
μονογενῶν monogenôn |
μονογενῶν monogenôn | ||||||||
Dative | μονογενεῖ monogeneî |
μονογενεῖ monogeneî |
μονογενοῖν monogenoîn |
μονογενοῖν monogenoîn |
μονογενέσῐ / μονογενέσῐν monogenési(n) |
μονογενέσῐ / μονογενέσῐν monogenési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | μονογενῆ monogenê |
μονογενές monogenés |
μονογενεῖ monogeneî |
μονογενεῖ monogeneî |
μονογενεῖς monogeneîs |
μονογενῆ monogenê | ||||||||
Vocative | μονογενές monogenés |
μονογενές monogenés |
μονογενεῖ monogeneî |
μονογενεῖ monogeneî |
μονογενεῖς monogeneîs |
μονογενῆ monogenê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μονογενῶς monogenôs |
μονογενέστερος monogenésteros |
μονογενέστᾰτος monogenéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (foot): ἐπίτριτος τέταρτος (epítritos tétartos, “fourth epitrite”)
Derived terms
- μονογένειᾰ (monogéneia)
- μονογένειον (monogéneion) (Byzantine)
- μονογενητής (monogenētḗs) (Byzantine)
- μονογενητῐκός (monogenētikós) (Byzantine)
- μονογεννητός (monogennētós) (Byzantine)
- μονογεννήτριᾰ (monogennḗtria) (Byzantine)
- μονογεννήτωρ (monogennḗtōr) (Byzantine)
- μονογενῶς (monogenôs) (Byzantine)
Descendants
References
- “μονογενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μονογενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μονογενής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G3439 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- only-begotten idem, page 574.