γόνος

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵónh₁os (“race”). Equivalent to γίγνομαι (gígnomai) +‎ -ος (-os). Cognate to Sanskrit जन (jana, “human, race, people”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γόνος • (gónos) m or f (genitive γόνου); second declension

(feminine)
  1. That which is begotten: child, grandchild, offspring
(masculine)
  1. fruit, product
  2. race, stock, descent
  3. procreation, begetting
  4. seed
  5. genitals

Declension

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ γόνος; τοῦ, τῆς γόνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ γόνος
ho, hē gónos 		τὼ γόνω
tṑ gónō 		οἱ, αἱ γόνοι
hoi, hai gónoi
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς γόνου
toû, tês gónou 		τοῖν γόνοιν
toîn gónoin 		τῶν γόνων
tôn gónōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ γόνῳ
tôi, têi gónōi 		τοῖν γόνοιν
toîn gónoin 		τοῖς, ταῖς γόνοις
toîs, taîs gónois
Accusative τὸν, τὴν γόνον
tòn, tḕn gónon 		τὼ γόνω
tṑ gónō 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς γόνους
toùs, tā̀s gónous
Vocative γόνε
góne 		γόνω
gónō 		γόνοι
gónoi
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References

  • “γόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “γόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “γόνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • γόνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • γόνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • γόνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • “γόνος”, 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.
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