ἀγεννησία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀγέννητος (agénnētos, “low-born”, “sordid”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix). The τ (t) changed to σ (s) by palatalization.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡen.nɛː.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡen.ne̝ˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ʝen.niˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ʝen.niˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/
Noun
ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ • (ăgennēsĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ hē ăgennēsĭ́ā |
τὼ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăgennēsĭ́ā |
αἱ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αι hai ăgennēsĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱς tês ăgennēsĭ́ās |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αιν toîn ăgennēsĭ́ain |
τῶν ᾰ̓γεννησῐῶν tôn ăgennēsĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾳ tēî ăgennēsĭ́āi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αιν toîn ăgennēsĭ́ain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αις taîs ăgennēsĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăgennēsĭ́ān |
τὼ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăgennēsĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăgennēsĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ ăgennēsĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ ăgennēsĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αι ăgennēsĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Antonyms
- γένεσῐς (génesĭs)
Descendants
- Latin: agennēsia
- English: agennesia
- German: Agennesie
References
- “ἀγεννησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀγεννησία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγεννησία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)