διγενής
See also: Διγένης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
δῐ- (di-) + -γενής (-genḗs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.ɡeˈne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.ʝeˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.ʝeˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.ʝeˈnis/
Adjective
δῐγενής • (digenḗs) m or f (neuter δῐγενές); third declension
- of doubtful or twofold sex, androgynous, hermaphrodite
- 1115 – 1195, Eustathius of Thessalonica, Collected Works 150.27
- SimocEp 43.2
- MSyncPhrase 17.110
- ScholOd 327.16
- Suda I.344.22
- of two genders
- 170 BCE – 90 BCE, Dionysius Thrax, Art of Grammar 553.11
- (Byzantine) of dual lineage
- TheophCont 603
- PachF II.401.25
Declension
Third declension of δῐγενής; δῐγενές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δῐγενής digenḗs | δῐγενές digenés | δῐγενεῖ digeneî | δῐγενεῖ digeneî | δῐγενεῖς digeneîs | δῐγενῆ digenê | ||||||||
Genitive | δῐγενοῦς digenoûs | δῐγενοῦς digenoûs | δῐγενοῖν digenoîn | δῐγενοῖν digenoîn | δῐγενῶν digenôn | δῐγενῶν digenôn | ||||||||
Dative | δῐγενεῖ digeneî | δῐγενεῖ digeneî | δῐγενοῖν digenoîn | δῐγενοῖν digenoîn | δῐγενέσῐ / δῐγενέσῐν digenési(n) | δῐγενέσῐ / δῐγενέσῐν digenési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | δῐγενῆ digenê | δῐγενές digenés | δῐγενεῖ digeneî | δῐγενεῖ digeneî | δῐγενεῖς digeneîs | δῐγενῆ digenê | ||||||||
Vocative | δῐγενές digenés | δῐγενές digenés | δῐγενεῖ digeneî | δῐγενεῖ digeneî | δῐγενεῖς digeneîs | δῐγενῆ digenê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῐγενῶς digenôs | δῐγενέστερος digenésteros | δῐγενέστᾰτος digenéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δῐγενῶς (digenôs)
Descendants
- English: digenous
References
- “διγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- διγενής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- διγενής in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften