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γενειάς

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γενειάς

Structure: γενει (Stem) + ᾱς (Ending)

Etym.: ge/neion

Sense

  1. a beard
  2. the sides of the face, cheeks

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γενειάς γενειᾱ́ γενειαί
Genitive γενειοῦ γενειαῖν γενειῶν
Dative γενειᾷ γενειαῖν γενειαῖς
Accusative γενειᾱ́ν γενειᾱ́ γενειᾱ́ς
Vocative γενειᾱ́ γενειᾱ́ γενειαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὰσ σάρκασ τῶν τέκνων ἑώρα περὶ τὸ πῦρ τηκομένασ καὶ τοὺσ τῶν ποδῶν καὶ χειρῶν δακτύλουσ ἐπὶ γῆσ σπαίροντασ καὶ τὰσ τῶν κεφαλῶν μέχρι τῶν περὶ τὰ γένεια σάρκασ ὥσπερ προσωπεῖα προκειμένασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 15:15)
  • κυάνεοι κατὰ νῶτα, μελάνθησαν δὲ γένεια. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 15:4)
  • καὶ μὴν καὶ γένεια φύουσιν μικρὸν ὑπὲρ τὰ γόνατα. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 23:11)
  • ὑμεῖσ δὲ ξυρουμένουσ τὰ γένεια περιφέρετε τοὺσ ἐρωμένουσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 181)
  • ἀπ’ ἐκείνησ δὲ λέγεται τῆσ ἡμέρασ μήτε κεφαλὴν ἔτι κείρασθαι μήτε γένεια μήτε στέφανον ἐπιθέσθαι, πένθουσ δὲ καὶ κατηφείασ καὶ βαρύτητοσ ἐπὶ ταῖσ συμφοραῖσ τῆσ πατρίδοσ ἓν σχῆμα νικώντων ὁμοίωσ καὶ νικωμένων ἄχρι τελευτῆσ διαφυλάξαι. (Plutarch, Cato the Younger, chapter 53 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a beard

  2. the sides of the face

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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