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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born”) + -τᾱς (-tās, agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡe.né.taːs/ → /ʝeˈne.tas/ → /ʝeˈne.tas/
Noun
γενέτᾱς • (genétās) m (genitive γενέτᾱ); first declension (Epic, Aeolic, Doric)
- begetter, ancestor, father
c. 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes, 982–1012, lines 1007–1012:θανάτους θανάτων τά τ’ ἐπώνυμα δεῖπνα Θυέστου λέκτρα τε Κρήσσας Ἀερόπας δολίας δολίοισι γάμοις: τὰ πανύστατα δ’ εἰς ἐμὲ καὶ γενέταν ἐμὸν ἤλυθε δόμων πολυπόνοις ἀνάγκαις.- thanátous thanátōn tá t’ epṓnuma deîpna Thuéstou léktra te Krḗssas Aerópas dolías dolíoisi gámois: tà panústata d’ eis emè kaì genétan emòn ḗluthe dómōn polupónois anánkais.
- Death for death both at the banquet to which Thyestes gave his name and in the marriage-bed of Aerope of Crete devious in her deceitful marriage; but alas the end has come unto me and my father with anguished afflictions upon our house.
Inflection
Noun
γενέτᾱς • (genétās) f (Doric, Aeolic)
- genitive singular of γενέτᾱ (genétā, “the hour of birth”)