γένειον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *génewyom, from the root of γένῠς (génus, “jaw, mouth”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γένειον • (géneion) n (genitive γενείου); second declension

  1. chin
  2. beard
  3. lion's mane
  4. chaps, jaws
  5. (in the plural) teeth (of a saw)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γένειον; τοῦ γενείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ γένειον
tò géneion 		τὼ γενείω
tṑ geneíō 		τᾰ̀ γένειᾰ
tà géneia
Genitive τοῦ γενείου
toû geneíou 		τοῖν γενείοιν
toîn geneíoin 		τῶν γενείων
tôn geneíōn
Dative τῷ γενείῳ
tôi geneíōi 		τοῖν γενείοιν
toîn geneíoin 		τοῖς γενείοις
toîs geneíois
Accusative τὸ γένειον
tò géneion 		τὼ γενείω
tṑ geneíō 		τᾰ̀ γένειᾰ
tà géneia
Vocative γένειον
géneion 		γενείω
geneíō 		γένειᾰ
géneia
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: γένι (géni)
  • ⇒ Latin: genīoglōssus
    → English: genioglossus

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γένυς, -υος (> DER γένειον)”, 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

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