-γενής
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡeˈne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝeˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝeˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝeˈnis/
Suffix
-γενής • (-genḗs) m or f (neuter -γενές); third declension
- (forming adjectives) born in a certain place or condition
- ἄλλος (állos) + -γενής (-genḗs) → ἀλλογενής (allogenḗs)
- γη (gē) + -γενής (-genḗs) → γηγενής (gēgenḗs)
- ἔνδον (éndon) + -γενής (-genḗs) → ἐνδογενής (endogenḗs)
- εὐ (eu) + -γενής (-genḗs) → εὐγενής (eugenḗs)
- οἶκος (oîkos) + -γενής (-genḗs) → οἰκογενής (oikogenḗs)
- παντο- (panto-) + -γενής (-genḗs) → παντογενὴς (pantogenḕs)
- προ- (pro-) + -γενής (-genḗs) → προγενής (progenḗs)
- συν- (sun-) + -γενής (-genḗs) → συγγενής (sungenḗs)
- (forming adjectives) of a kind
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | -γενής -genḗs |
-γενές -genés |
-γενεῖ -geneî |
-γενεῖ -geneî |
-γενεῖς -geneîs |
-γενῆ -genê | ||||||||
Genitive | -γενοῦς -genoûs |
-γενοῦς -genoûs |
-γενοῖν -genoîn |
-γενοῖν -genoîn |
-γενῶν -genôn |
-γενῶν -genôn | ||||||||
Dative | -γενεῖ -geneî |
-γενεῖ -geneî |
-γενοῖν -genoîn |
-γενοῖν -genoîn |
-γενέσῐ / -γενέσῐν -genési(n) |
-γενέσῐ / -γενέσῐν -genési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | -γενῆ -genê |
-γενές -genés |
-γενεῖ -geneî |
-γενεῖ -geneî |
-γενεῖς -geneîs |
-γενῆ -genê | ||||||||
Vocative | -γενές -genés |
-γενές -genés |
-γενεῖ -geneî |
-γενεῖ -geneî |
-γενεῖς -geneîs |
-γενῆ -genê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
-γενῶς -genôs |
-γενέστερος -genésteros |
-γενέστᾰτος -genéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -γενής
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -γενής.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝeˈnis/
Suffix
-γενής • (-genís) m (feminine -γενής, neuter -γενές)
- (forming adjectives) where the defined, originates from what the first part denotes.
- ένδον (éndon, “within”) + -γενής (-genís) → ενδογενής (endogenís, “endogenous”)
- (forming adjectives) where the defined comes in a specific order
- δεύτερος (défteros, “second”) + -γενής (-genís) → δευτερογενής (defterogenís, “who comes second, consequent”)
Declension
- In the fashion of Ancient Greek.
Derived terms
Greek terms suffixed with -γενής
Related terms
- -γόνος (-gónos, “produced by”)
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