γενεά

See also: γένεα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γενεή (geneḗ) — Ionic

Etymology

Formally it would be from Proto-Hellenic *genehā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁eseh₂, feminine derivation from *ǵénh₁os (whence γένος (génos)), from *ǵenh₁-. Compare εἶδος (eîdos) - ἰδέα (idéa).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.ne.ǎː/ → /ʝe.neˈa/ → /ʝe.neˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ne.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡe.neˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.neˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.neˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝe.neˈa/

Noun

γενεᾱ́ • (geneā́) f (genitive γενεᾶς); first declension

1. birth
2. race, descent
3. generation
4. offspring

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γενεᾱ́; τῆς γενεᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γενεᾱ́ hē geneā́	τὼ γενεᾱ́ tṑ geneā́	αἱ γενεαί hai geneaí
Genitive	τῆς γενεᾶς tês geneâs	τοῖν γενεαῖν toîn geneaîn	τῶν γενεῶν tôn geneôn
Dative	τῇ γενεᾷ tēî geneāî	τοῖν γενεαῖν toîn geneaîn	ταῖς γενεαῖς taîs geneaîs
Accusative	τὴν γενεᾱ́ν tḕn geneā́n	τὼ γενεᾱ́ tṑ geneā́	τᾱ̀ς γενεᾱ́ς tā̀s geneā́s
Vocative	γενεᾱ́ geneā́	γενεᾱ́ geneā́	γενεαί geneaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γενεᾱ́λογος (geneā́logos)
• γενεᾱ́ρχης (geneā́rkhēs)

Descendants

• Greek: γενιά (geniá), γενεά (geneá)
• → Latin: genea

Further reading

• “γενεά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γενεά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γενεά in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• γενεά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “γενεά”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1074 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • age idem, page 18.
  • descent idem, page 214.
  • generation idem, page 356.
  • lineage idem, page 493.
  • parentage idem, page 592.
  • stock idem, page 818.

Greek

Alternative forms

• γενιά (geniá)

Etymology

Learnedly from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝeneˈa/
• Hyphenation: γε‧νε‧ά

Noun

γενεά • (geneá) f (plural γενεές)

1. (formal) alternative form of γενιά (geniá)

Usage notes

Used only with γενεά (geneá) (but not with γενιά (geniá)) are:

• Expressions

  χάσμα γενεών ― chásma geneón ― generation gap

  σύγκρουση γενεών ― sýgkrousi geneón ― generation clash

• Idiomatic set phrases:

  περνάω γενεές δεκατέσσερις ― pernáo geneés dekatésseris ― rake over the coals, reprimand, give a bollocking to

  τον πέρασε γενεές δεκατέσσεις

  ton pérase geneés dekatésseis

  He/she gave him/her a bollocking.

  (literally, “He/she passed him/her through 14 generations”)

• and see: γενιά (geniá)

Declension

Declension of γενεά

	singular	plural
nominative	γενεά (geneá)	γενεές (geneés)
genitive	γενεάς (geneás)	γενεών (geneón)
accusative	γενεά (geneá)	γενεές (geneés)
vocative	γενεά (geneá)	γενεές (geneés)