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, génŭs) f (genitive γένῠος); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γένῠς; τῆς γένῠος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γένῠς
hē génŭs 		τὼ γένῠε
tṑ génŭe 		αἱ γένῠες
hai génŭes
Genitive τῆς γένῠος
tês génŭos 		τοῖν γενῠ́οιν
toîn genŭ́oin 		τῶν γενῠ́ων
tôn genŭ́ōn
Dative τῇ γένῠῐ̈ / γένυι
têi génŭĭ̈ / génui 		τοῖν γενῠ́οιν
toîn genŭ́oin 		ταῖς γένῠσῐ / γένῠσῐν
taîs génŭsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν γένῠν
tḕn génŭn 		τὼ γένῠε
tṑ génŭe 		τᾱ̀ς γένῡς / γένῠᾰς
tā̀s génūs / génŭăs
Vocative γένῠ
génŭ 		γένῠε
génŭe 		γένῠες
génŭes
Notes:
Third declension of γένῡς; γένῠος (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γένῡς
génūs 		γένῠε
génŭe 		γένῠες
génŭes
Genitive γένῠος
génŭos 		γενῠ́οιῐν
genŭ́oiĭn 		γενῠ́ων
genŭ́ōn
Dative γένῠῐ̈ / γένυι
génŭĭ̈ / génui 		γενῠ́οιῐν
genŭ́oiĭn 		γενῠ́εσσῐ / γενῠ́εσσῐν / γένῡσῐ / γένῡσῐν / γένῡσσῐ / γένῡσσῐν
genŭ́essĭ(n) / génūsĭ(n) / génūssĭ(n)
Accusative γένῡν
génūn 		γένῠε
génŭe 		γένῡς / γένῠᾰς
génūs / génŭăs
Vocative γένῡ
génū 		γένῠε
génŭe 		γένῠες
génŭes
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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 (2006–2025)
  • “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.
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