γενναιότης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γενναῖος (gennaîos) + -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡen.nai̯.ó.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡen.nɛˈo.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝen.nɛˈo.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝen.neˈo.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝe.neˈo.tis/
Noun
γενναιότης • (gennaiótēs) f (genitive γενναιότητος); third declension
- nobility (of mind)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ γενναιότης hē gennaiótēs |
τὼ γενναιότητε tṑ gennaiótēte |
αἱ γενναιότητες hai gennaiótētes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γενναιότητος tês gennaiótētos |
τοῖν γενναιοτήτοιν toîn gennaiotḗtoin |
τῶν γενναιοτήτων tôn gennaiotḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γενναιότητῐ tēî gennaiótētĭ |
τοῖν γενναιοτήτοιν toîn gennaiotḗtoin |
ταῖς γενναιότησῐ / γενναιότησῐν taîs gennaiótēsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γενναιότητᾰ tḕn gennaiótētă |
τὼ γενναιότητε tṑ gennaiótēte |
τᾱ̀ς γενναιότητᾰς tā̀s gennaiótētăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γενναιότης gennaiótēs |
γενναιότητε gennaiótēte |
γενναιότητες gennaiótētes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Greek: γενναιότητα (gennaiótita) (learned)
Further reading
- “γενναιότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γενναιότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γενναιότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- birth idem, page 79.
- breeding idem, page 97.
- chivalry idem, page 131.
- degree idem, page 206.
- gallantry idem, page 352.
- generosity idem, page 356.
- gentility idem, page 357.
- great-heartedness idem, page 372.
- great-mindedness idem, page 372.
- greatness idem, page 372.
- heroism idem, page 398.
- high birth idem, page 399.
- high mindedness idem, page 399.
- large-mindedness idem, page 476.
- liberality idem, page 488.
- magnanimity idem, page 507.
- nobility idem, page 559.
- rank idem, page 671.