γένυς

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *génus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu-, *ǵénus (chin, jaw).[1]

Cognates include Sanskrit हनु (hánu), Latin gena, Old Armenian ծնաւտ (cnawt, jaw), Persian چانه (čâne), Tocharian A śanwem, Lithuanian žandas, Welsh gên, and English chin.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ɡé.nys/ (variant in post-Homeric poetry)

Noun

γένῡς, γένῠς (génūs, génusf (genitive γένῠος); third declension

  1. jaw
  2. mouth
  3. edge of an axe

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γένυς, -υος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 267

Further reading

  • γένυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • γένυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • γένυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • γένυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • γένυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • γένυς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • γένυς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • axe idem, page 57.
    • cheek idem, page 128.
    • chin idem, page 130.
    • edge idem, page 261.
    • jaw idem, page 462.