ἀγενησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγένητος (agénētos, “uncreated”) +‎ -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix). The τ (t) changed to σ (s) by palatalization.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡe.nɛː.sí.aː/ → /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/ → /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡe.nɛː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡe.ne̝ˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/

Noun

ἀγενησίᾱ • (agenēsíā) f (genitive ἀγενησίᾱς); first declension

1. uncreatedness
   • Simplicius of Cilicia, In Aristotelis Quattuor Libros De Caelo Commentaria 139.24

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἀγενησίᾱ; τῆς ἀγενησίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀγενησίᾱ hē agenēsíā	τὼ ἀγενησίᾱ tṑ agenēsíā	αἱ ἀγενησίαι hai agenēsíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀγενησίᾱς tês agenēsíās	τοῖν ἀγενησίαιν toîn agenēsíain	τῶν ἀγενησιῶν tôn agenēsiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀγενησίᾳ têi agenēsíāi	τοῖν ἀγενησίαιν toîn agenēsíain	ταῖς ἀγενησίαις taîs agenēsíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀγενησίᾱν tḕn agenēsíān	τὼ ἀγενησίᾱ tṑ agenēsíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀγενησίᾱς tā̀s agenēsíās
Vocative	ἀγενησίᾱ agenēsíā	ἀγενησίᾱ agenēsíā	ἀγενησίαι agenēsíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• γένεσις (génesis)

Descendants

• Latin: agenēsia
  • English: agenesia
  • Italian: agenesia

References

• “ἀγενησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγενησία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγενησία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)