Γένεσις

See also: γένεσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Hellenistic Koine from γένεσις (“origin, creation”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Γένεσῐς • (Génesĭs) f (genitive Γενέσεως); third declension (singular only)

  1. Genesis. The title of the first book of the Bible and Pentateuch as in the Septuagint translation in Greek.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Γένεσῐς; τῆς Γενέσεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Γένεσῐς
hē Génesĭs
Genitive τῆς Γενέσεως
tês Genéseōs
Dative τῇ Γενέσει
tēî Genései
Accusative τὴν Γένεσῐν
tḕn Génesĭn
Vocative Γένεσῐ
Génesĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Γένεση (Génesi)
  • and see languages → Geineasas, Genèse, Genesi, Genesis, Génesis, Gênesis, Geneza, Genezo, Henesis

Greek

Etymology

Hellenistic Koine Γένεσις (Génesis), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (“origin, creation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
  • Hyphenation: Γέ‧νε‧σις

Proper noun

Γένεσις • (Génesis) f (singular only), as in the original title: Γένεσις

  1. Katharevousa form of Γένεση (Génesi)
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