γονεύς

Ancient Greek

From o-grade of the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, “-er”, masculine agent noun suffix).

γονεύς • (goneús) m (genitive γονέως); third declension

(mostly in plural) parent
- 7th-6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Demeter 240
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 235
- 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 6.27
- 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 178B
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.109
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 457D
progenitor, ancestor
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.91
- 4th century BC, Isaeus, Ciron 32
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 722A.8
- 408 BCE – 334 BCE, Antiphanes Comicus, Collected Works 261

Third declension of ὁ γονεύς; τοῦ γονέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γονεύς ho goneús	τὼ γονῆ tṑ gonê	οἱ γονῆς / γονεῖς hoi gonês / goneîs
Genitive	τοῦ γονέως toû gonéōs	τοῖν γονέοιν toîn gonéoin	τῶν γονέων tôn gonéōn
Dative	τῷ γονεῖ tôi goneî	τοῖν γονέοιν toîn gonéoin	τοῖς γονεῦσῐ / γονεῦσῐν toîs goneûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν γονέᾱ tòn gonéā	τὼ γονῆ tṑ gonê	τοὺς γονέᾱς toùs gonéās
Vocative	γονεῦ goneû	γονῆ gonê	γονῆς / γονεῖς gonês / goneîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.