γένειον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Related to γένῠς (génus, “jaw, mouth”).
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡé.neː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝe.ni.on/
Noun
γένειον • (géneion) n (genitive γενείου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ γένειον tò géneion |
τὼ γενείω tṑ geneíō |
τᾰ̀ γένειᾰ tà géneia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γενείου toû geneíou |
τοῖν γενείοιν toîn geneíoin |
τῶν γενείων tôn geneíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γενείῳ tôi geneíōi |
τοῖν γενείοιν toîn geneíoin |
τοῖς γενείοις toîs geneíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ γένειον tò géneion |
τὼ γενείω tṑ geneíō |
τᾰ̀ γένειᾰ tà géneia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γένειον géneion |
γενείω geneíō |
γένειᾰ géneia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: γένι (géni)
- ⇒ Latin: genīoglōssus
- → English: genioglossus
References
- “γένειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γένειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γένειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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