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γονεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γονεύς γονέως

Structure: γονευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gei/nomai II

Sense

  1. (mostly in plural) parent
  2. progenitor, ancestor

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γονεύς γονή γονής
Genitive γονέως γονέοιν γονέων
Dative γονεί γονέοιν γονεῦσιν*
Accusative γονέα γονή γονέᾱς
Vocative γονεύ γονή γονής

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

  • ὥσπερ τοίνυν ἑνὸσ ἡμῶν ἑκάστου τίσ ἐστι γονεύσ, οὕτω συμπάσησ τῆσ πόλεωσ κοινοὺσ δεῖ τοὺσ γονέασ σύμπαντασ ἡγεῖσθαι, καὶ προσήκειν τούτουσ οὐχ ὅπωσ ὧν ἡ πόλισ δίδωσ’ ἀφελέσθαι τι, ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ μηδὲν ἦν τούτων, ἄλλοθεν σκοπεῖν ὅπωσ μηδενὸσ ὄντεσ ἐνδεεῖσ περιοφθήσονται. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 48:1)
  • ἀραῖοσ γὰρ γονεὺσ ἐκγόνοισ ὡσ οὐδεὶσ ἕτεροσ ἄλλοισ, δικαιότατα. (Plato, Laws, book 11 122:1)

Synonyms

  1. parent

  2. progenitor

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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