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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

  • εἰ δέ που ἀγλαϊήσ ἐπεδεύετο κάλλοσ ἐμεῖο, τὴν δέ μοι ὀλβιόδωροσ ὑπὲρ μνήμησ γενετήρων δῶκεν Ιοὐλιανή, καὶ ὑπέρτατον ὤπασε κῦδοσ μητέρι καὶ γενέτῃ καὶ ἀγακλέι μητρὶ τεκούσησ, κόσμον ἀεξήσασα παλαίτερον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 12 1:2)
  • ὀψὲ δέ σοι πάϊσ ἧκε φόνῳ γενέτῃ προσαμύνων, καί σε κατακτείνει ματρὸσ ὑπὲρ Μερόπασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 3, chapter 54)
  • καὶ σὸν μὲν φωνεῖ τάφοσ οὔνομα, καὶ χθόνα Κύμην, ὀστέα δὲ ψυχρῷ κλύζετ’ ἐπ’ αἰγιαλῷ, πικρὸν Ἀριστομάχῳ γενέτῃ κακόν, ὅσ σε κομίζων ἐσ γάμον, οὔτε κόρην ἤγαγεν οὔτε νέκυν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 291 1:1)
  • κόσμου φλόγα γυμνὸσ ἀλύξασ, ἔστην σὺν Αἀρὼν Γρηγορίῳ γενέτῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 833)

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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