θνητογενής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

θνᾱτογενής (thnātogenḗs) — Doric

Etymology

From θνητός (thnētós) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰnɛː.to.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰne̝.to.ɡeˈne̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θni.to.ʝeˈnis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θni.to.ʝeˈnis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θni.to.ʝeˈnis/

Adjective

θνητογενής • (thnētogenḗs) m or f (neuter θνητογενές); third declension

of or belonging to the mortal race or kind
- 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 834-846:
  ἀλλὰ θεός τοι καὶ θεογεννής, ἡμεῖς δὲ βροτοὶ καὶ θνητογενεῖς.
  allà theós toi kaì theogennḗs, hēmeîs dè brotoì kaì thnētogeneîs.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Third declension of θνητογενής; θνητογενές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	θνητογενής thnētogenḗs	θνητογενές thnētogenés	θνητογενεῖ thnētogeneî	θνητογενεῖ thnētogeneî	θνητογενεῖς thnētogeneîs	θνητογενῆ thnētogenê
Genitive	θνητογενοῦς thnētogenoûs	θνητογενοῦς thnētogenoûs	θνητογενοῖν thnētogenoîn	θνητογενοῖν thnētogenoîn	θνητογενῶν thnētogenôn	θνητογενῶν thnētogenôn
Dative	θνητογενεῖ thnētogeneî	θνητογενεῖ thnētogeneî	θνητογενοῖν thnētogenoîn	θνητογενοῖν thnētogenoîn	θνητογενέσῐ / θνητογενέσῐν thnētogenésĭ(n)	θνητογενέσῐ / θνητογενέσῐν thnētogenésĭ(n)
Accusative	θνητογενῆ thnētogenê	θνητογενές thnētogenés	θνητογενεῖ thnētogeneî	θνητογενεῖ thnētogeneî	θνητογενεῖς thnētogeneîs	θνητογενῆ thnētogenê
Vocative	θνητογενές thnētogenés	θνητογενές thnētogenés	θνητογενεῖ thnētogeneî	θνητογενεῖ thnētogeneî	θνητογενεῖς thnētogeneîs	θνητογενῆ thnētogenê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	θνητογενῶς thnētogenôs		θνητογενέστερος thnētogenésteros		θνητογενέστᾰτος thnētogenéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

θνητάδιος (thnētádios)
θνητογαμία (thnētogamía)
θνητοειδής (thnētoeidḗs)
θνητότης (thnētótēs)
θνητόψυχος (thnētópsukhos)

References

“θνητογενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“θνητογενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
θνητογενής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
θνητογενής, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011