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γενέτης

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γενέτης γενέτου

Structure: γενετ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: (I.1.) from gei/nomai; (I.2.) from gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. begetter, ancestor
  2. father
  3. (in the plural) parents
  4. (figuratively) author
  5. the begotten, son
  6. (attributive, with θεοί) familial, of one's race
  7. (attributive) produced

Declension

First 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

  • Κρόνιε, πρύτανι Φρύγιε, γενέτα πάτερ, ἀνάξια τᾶσ Δαρδάνου γονᾶσ τάδ’ οἱᾶ πάσχομεν δέδορκασ; (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, lyric2)
  • μὴ Τυρὼ τρύχοι σε περισπείρημα Σιδηροῦσ Σαλμωνεῖ γενέτᾳ τῷδ’ ὑποπτησσομένην· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 3, chapter 93)
  • Ἀριστοτέλησ δ’ ἐπόησεν Κλειτόριοσ, γενέτᾳ ταὐτὸ λαχὼν ὄνομα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1535)
  • τὰν στάλαν ἐχάραξε Βιάνωρ οὐκ ἐπὶ ματρί, οὐδ’ ἐπὶ τῷ γενέτᾳ, πότμον ὀφειλόμενον, παρθενικᾷ δ’ ἐπὶ παιδί· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5471)

Synonyms

  1. begetter

  2. father

  3. parents

  4. author

  5. the begotten

  6. familial

  7. produced

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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