παλαιγενής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πάλαι (pálai, “long ago”) + -γενής (-genḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.lai̯.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pa.lɛ.ɡeˈne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pa.lɛ.ʝeˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pa.le.ʝeˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pa.le.ʝeˈnis/
Adjective
πᾰλαιγενής • (palaigenḗs) m or f (neuter πᾰλαιγενές); third declension
- born long ago, full of years
Inflection
Third declension of πᾰλαιγενής; πᾰλαιγενές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πᾰλαιγενής palaigenḗs | πᾰλαιγενές palaigenés | πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî | πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî | πᾰλαιγενεῖς palaigeneîs | πᾰλαιγενῆ palaigenê | ||||||||
Genitive | πᾰλαιγενοῦς palaigenoûs | πᾰλαιγενοῦς palaigenoûs | πᾰλαιγενοῖν palaigenoîn | πᾰλαιγενοῖν palaigenoîn | πᾰλαιγενῶν palaigenôn | πᾰλαιγενῶν palaigenôn | ||||||||
Dative | πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî | πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî | πᾰλαιγενοῖν palaigenoîn | πᾰλαιγενοῖν palaigenoîn | πᾰλαιγενέσῐ / πᾰλαιγενέσῐν palaigenési(n) | πᾰλαιγενέσῐ / πᾰλαιγενέσῐν palaigenési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | πᾰλαιγενῆ palaigenê | πᾰλαιγενές palaigenés | πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî | πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî | πᾰλαιγενεῖς palaigeneîs | πᾰλαιγενῆ palaigenê | ||||||||
Vocative | πᾰλαιγενές palaigenés | πᾰλαιγενές palaigenés | πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî | πᾰλαιγενεῖ palaigeneî | πᾰλαιγενεῖς palaigeneîs | πᾰλαιγενῆ palaigenê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πᾰλαιγενῶς palaigenôs | πᾰλαιγενέστερος palaigenésteros | πᾰλαιγενέστᾰτος palaigenéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “παλαιγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παλαιγενής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- παλαιγενής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παλαιγενής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963