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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

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

  • σχεδὸν οὖν μέχρι τοῦδε ὁμοίωσ πρόεισι τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ τὰ περὶ τοῦ πρώτου καὶ ἀθανάτου γονέωσ, ὃν καὶ πατρῷον Δία καλοῦμεν οἱ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ κοινωνοῦντεσ, καὶ τὰ περὶ τῶν θνητῶν καὶ ἀνθρωπίνων γονέων. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 53:1)
  • διὰ γὰρ τὴν πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ σπουδὴν ἐπὶ τοσοῦτ’ εὐνοίασ προήχθησαν ὥστ’ ἐπώνυμον αὐτῷ περιθεῖναι τὴν τοῦ γονέωσ προσηγορίαν· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 30 2:2)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων Ἀλέξανδροσ διαδεξάμενοσ τὴν βασιλείαν πρῶτον μὲν τοὺσ φονεῖσ τοῦ πατρὸσ τῆσ ἁρμοζούσησ τιμωρίασ ἠξίωσε, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τῆσ ταφῆσ τοῦ γονέωσ τὴν ἐνδεχομένην ἐπιμέλειαν ποιησάμενοσ κατέστησε τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν πολὺ κάλλιον ἢ πάντεσ προσεδόκησαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 1 9:2)
  • ἔστι γὰρ παραπλήσιον ὡσ ἂν εἴ τισ ὑπὸ γονέωσ ἰδίου φάσκων εἰσ ἀργυρίου λόγον ἀδικεῖσθαι παρείη μετὰ τῶν ὅπλων, ἀποκτενῶν τοῦτον παρ’ οὗ τὸ ζῆν αὐτὸσ ἔλαβε. (Polybius, Histories, book 11, chapter 28 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. parent

  2. progenitor

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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