γίννος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- γιννός (ginnós), γῖνος (gînos), ἰννός (innós), ὔννος (únnos)
Etymology
According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin. It can hardly be from γίγνομαι (gígnomai).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡín.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡin.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝin.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝin.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.nos/
Noun
γίννος • (gínnos) m (genitive γίννου); second declension
- offspring of a mare by a mule
- small mule, hinny
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ γῐ́ννος; τοῦ γῐ́ννου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γῐ́ννος ho gínnos | τὼ γῐ́ννω tṑ gínnō | οἱ γῐ́ννοι hoi gínnoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γῐ́ννου toû gínnou | τοῖν γῐ́ννοιν toîn gínnoin | τῶν γῐ́ννων tôn gínnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γῐ́ννῳ tôi gínnōi | τοῖν γῐ́ννοιν toîn gínnoin | τοῖς γῐ́ννοις toîs gínnois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γῐ́ννον tòn gínnon | τὼ γῐ́ννω tṑ gínnō | τοὺς γῐ́ννους toùs gínnous | ||||||||||
Vocative | γῐ́ννε gínne | γῐ́ννω gínnō | γῐ́ννοι gínnoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “γίννος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γίννος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN