ἀγενησία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀγένητος (agénētos, “uncreated”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix). The τ (t) changed to σ (s) by palatalization.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡe.nɛː.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡe.ne̝ˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/
Noun
ἀγενησίᾱ • (agenēsíā) f (genitive ἀγενησίᾱς); first declension
- uncreatedness
- Simplicius of Cilicia, In Aristotelis Quattuor Libros De Caelo Commentaria 139.24
Declension
| 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 tēî 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 | ||||||||||
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Antonyms
- γένεσις (génesis)
Descendants
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 (2006–2025)