ἀγενησία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀγένητος (agénētos, “uncreated”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix). The τ (t) changed to σ (s) by palatalization.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ɡe.nɛː.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ɡe.ne̝ˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/
Noun
ἀγενησίᾱ • (agenēsíā) f (genitive ἀγενησίᾱς); first declension
- uncreatedness
- Simplicius of Cilicia, In Aristotelis Quattuor Libros De Caelo Commentaria 139.24
Declension
First declension of ἡ ἀγενησίᾱ; τῆς ἀγενησίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀγενησίᾱ hē agenēsíā | τὼ ἀγενησίᾱ tṑ agenēsíā | αἱ ἀγενησίαι hai agenēsíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀγενησίᾱς tês agenēsíās | τοῖν ἀγενησίαιν toîn agenēsíain | τῶν ἀγενησιῶν tôn agenēsiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀγενησίᾳ têi agenēsíāi | τοῖν ἀγενησίαιν toîn agenēsíain | ταῖς ἀγενησίαις taîs agenēsíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀγενησίᾱν tḕn agenēsíān | τὼ ἀγενησίᾱ tṑ agenēsíā | τᾱ̀ς ἀγενησίᾱς tā̀s agenēsíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀγενησίᾱ agenēsíā | ἀγενησίᾱ agenēsíā | ἀγενησίαι agenēsíai | ||||||||||
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Antonyms
- γένεσις (génesis)
Descendants
- Latin: agenēsia
- English: agenesia
- Italian: agenesia
References
- “ἀγενησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀγενησία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀγενησία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)