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γενετή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γενετή

Structure: γενετ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: = genea/ II. 3

Sense

  1. the hour of birth

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γενετή γενετᾱ́ γενεταί
Genitive γενετῆς γενεταῖν γενετῶν
Dative γενετῇ γενεταῖν γενεταῖς
Accusative γενετήν γενετᾱ́ γενετᾱ́ς
Vocative γενετή γενετᾱ́ γενεταί

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

  • ὁ δ’ ἐμὸσ γενέτασ καὶ σόσ γ’, ἀμαθήσ, οἰωνοῖσ ἔρρει συλαθείσ, σπάργανα ματέροσ ἐξαλλάξασ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 2:3)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἅπαξ καθαροῖσι λοέσσεται ὕδασιν ἀνήρ, οὐ ποθέει πάτρην, οὐκ ἐθέλει γενέτασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 6183)
  • γενέτασ δ’ οὔτε τισ οὔτε τινόσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 180 1:2)
  • οὔπω τοι πλόκαμοι τετμημένοι, οὐδὲ σελάνασ τοὶ τριετεῖσ μηνῶν ἁνιοχεῦντο δρόμοι, Κλεύδικε, Νικασὶσ ὅτε σὰν περὶ λάρνακα μάτηρ, τλῆμον, ἐπ’ αἰακτᾷ πόλλ’ ἐβόα στεφάνα, καὶ γενέτασ Περίκλειτοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4821)

Synonyms

  1. the hour of birth

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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