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γένεσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γένεσις γενέσεως

Structure: γενεσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. origin, source
  2. manner of birth
  3. creation

Declension

Third declension

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

  • αἱ γυναῖκεσ αὐτῶν ἄφρονεσ, καί πονηρὰ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, ἐπικατάρατοσ ἡ γένεσισ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 3:12)
  • κρίνων δὲ κατὰ βραχὺ ἐδίδουσ τόπον μετανοίασ, οὐκ ἀγνοῶν ὅτι πονηρὰ ἡ γένεσισ αὐτῶν καὶ ἔμφυτοσ ἡ κακία αὐτῶν καὶ ὅτι οὐ μὴ ἀλλαγῇ ὁ λογισμὸσ αὐτῶν εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 12:10)
  • ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ πάντεσ ἐν ἑνὶ ὀνόματι θανάτου νεκροὺσ εἶχον ἀναριθμήτουσ. οὐδὲ γὰρ πρὸσ τὸ θάψαι οἱ ζῶντεσ ἦσαν ἱκανοί, ἐπεὶ πρὸσ μίαν ροπὴν ἡ ἐντιμοτέρα γένεσισ αὐτῶν διέφθαρτο. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 18:12)
  • ὦ φύσισ ἱερὰ καὶ φίλτρα γονέων καὶ γένεσισ φιλόστοργε καὶ τροφεῖα καὶ μητέρων ἀδάμαστα πάθη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 15:13)
  • καὶ πόλεισ σεμνότεραι θεῶν πατρίδεσ καὶ νῆσοι θειότεραι παρ’ αἷσ ὑμνεῖται γένεσισ θεῶν. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 5:2)
  • καὶ ἐρεῖσ. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ τῇ Ἱερουσαλήμ. ἡ ρίζα σου καὶ ἡ γένεσίσ σου ἐκ γῆσ Χαναάν, ὁ πατήρ σου Ἀμορραῖοσ, καὶ ἡ μήτηρ σου Χετταία. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 16:3)
  • καὶ ἡ γένεσίσ σου, ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐτέχθησ, οὐκ ἔδησασ τοὺσ μαστούσ σου καί ἐν ὕδατι οὐκ ἐλούσθησ, οὐδὲ ἁλὶ ἡλίσθησ καὶ ἐν σπαργάνοισ οὐκ ἐσπαργανώθησ, (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 16:4)

Synonyms

  1. origin

  2. manner of birth

  3. creation

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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