γένεσις
See also: Γένεσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *génetis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis. Synchronically a verbal noun from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”) + σις (sis).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡé.ne.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.ne.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
Noun
γένεσις • (génesis) f (genitive γενέσεως); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ γένεσῐς hē génesĭs |
τὼ γενέσει tṑ genései |
αἱ γενέσεις hai genéseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γενέσεως tês genéseōs |
τοῖν γενεσέοιν toîn geneséoin |
τῶν γενέσεων tôn genéseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γενέσει tēî genései |
τοῖν γενεσέοιν toîn geneséoin |
ταῖς γενέσεσῐ / γενέσεσῐν taîs genésesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γένεσῐν tḕn génesĭn |
τὼ γενέσει tṑ genései |
τᾱ̀ς γενέσεις tā̀s genéseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γένεσῐ génesĭ |
γενέσει genései |
γενέσεις genéseis | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Related terms
Descendants
- → Latin: genesis
- → Catalan: gènesi (learned)
- → Dutch: genese (learned)
- → Indonesian: genesa
- → English: genesis (learned)
- → French: genèse (semi-learned)
- → Italian: genesi (learned)
- → Spanish: génesis (learned)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: genesis, genese (learned)
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: genesis, genese (learned)
- → Polish: geneza (learned)
- → Turkish: genez (learned)
- Greek: γένεση (génesi)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γίγνομαι (> DER > 5. γένε-σις)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 272-3
Further reading
- “γένεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γένεσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γένεσις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γένεσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- γένεσις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γένεσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- G1078 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.
- birth idem, page 79.
- creation idem, page 183.
- generation idem, page 356.
- growth idem, page 376.
- nature idem, page 552.
- origin idem, page 579.
- procreation idem, page 644.
- production idem, page 645.
- propagation idem, page 653.
- raising idem, page 670.
- γένεσις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ne.sis/
- Hyphenation: γέ‧νε‧σις
Noun
γένεσις • (génesis) f (plural γενέσεις)
- Katharevousa form of γένεση (génesi)
Usage notes
Declension
- As in Ancient Greek without the dual number
Related terms
- εν τη γενέσει (en ti genései) & in polytonic: ἐν τῇ γενέσει