θεογονία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεόγονος (theógonos) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.ɡo.ní.aː/ → /θe.o.ɣoˈni.a/ → /θe.o.ɣoˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.ɡo.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.ɡoˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ɣoˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ɣoˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ɣoˈni.a/

Noun

θεογονῐ́ᾱ • (theogoníā) f (genitive θεογονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. genealogy of the gods
2. theogony, origination or birth of gods

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θεογονῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θεογονῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θεογονῐ́ᾱ hē theogoníā	τὼ θεογονῐ́ᾱ tṑ theogoníā	αἱ θεογονῐ́αι hai theogoníai
Genitive	τῆς θεογονῐ́ᾱς tês theogoníās	τοῖν θεογονῐ́αιν toîn theogoníain	τῶν θεογονῐῶν tôn theogoniôn
Dative	τῇ θεογονῐ́ᾳ têi theogoníāi	τοῖν θεογονῐ́αιν toîn theogoníain	ταῖς θεογονῐ́αις taîs theogoníais
Accusative	τὴν θεογονῐ́ᾱν tḕn theogoníān	τὼ θεογονῐ́ᾱ tṑ theogoníā	τᾱ̀ς θεογονῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theogoníās
Vocative	θεογονῐ́ᾱ theogoníā	θεογονῐ́ᾱ theogoníā	θεογονῐ́αι theogoníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: theogonia
  • → English: theogony

Further reading

• “θεογονία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θεογονία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette