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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡo.nɛ̌ː/ → /ɣoˈni/ → /ɣoˈni/
Noun
γονή • (gonḗ) f (genitive γονῆς); first declension
- offspring
- (of animals)
- (of the fruits of the earth)
- race, stock, family; parentage
- generation
- that which engenders, seed
- organs of generation (genitalia)
- womb
- act of generation
- (of the mother) childbirth
- (of the child) birth
- cure for sterility
- (Pythagorean nomenclature) unity
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “γονή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γονή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γονή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γονή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γονή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γονή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- age idem, page 18.
- birth idem, page 79.
- child idem, page 129.
- childbed idem, page 129.
- descendant idem, page 214.
- family idem, page 305.
- generation idem, page 356.
- labour idem, page 472.
- lineage idem, page 493.
- offspring idem, page 571.
- origin idem, page 579.
- parentage idem, page 592.
- progeny idem, page 653.
- race idem, page 667.
- seed idem, page 749.
- son idem, page 793.
- travail idem, page 890.
- young idem, page 997.