γόνιμος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From o-grade of the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born, come into existence”) + -ιμος (-imos, suffix for adjective of capability): literally "able to produce".
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡó.ni.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡo.ni.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣo.ni.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣo.ni.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣo.ni.mos/
Adjective
[edit]γόνῐμος • (gónĭmos) m (feminine γονῐ́μη, neuter γόνῐμον); first/second declension
- productive, fertile, fruitful [with genitive ‘the product or fruit’]
- (figuratively, of an author) genius
- of a legitimate child: born in lawful wedlock
- viable
- (rarely) favorable to generation (of uneven days, or days in illness)
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | γόνῐμος gónĭmos |
γονῐ́μη gonĭ́mē |
γόνῐμον gónĭmon |
γονῐ́μω gonĭ́mō |
γονῐ́μᾱ gonĭ́mā |
γονῐ́μω gonĭ́mō |
γόνῐμοι gónĭmoi |
γόνῐμαι gónĭmai |
γόνῐμᾰ gónĭmă | |||||
Genitive | γονῐ́μου gonĭ́mou |
γονῐ́μης gonĭ́mēs |
γονῐ́μου gonĭ́mou |
γονῐ́μοιν gonĭ́moin |
γονῐ́μαιν gonĭ́main |
γονῐ́μοιν gonĭ́moin |
γονῐ́μων gonĭ́mōn |
γονῐ́μων gonĭ́mōn |
γονῐ́μων gonĭ́mōn | |||||
Dative | γονῐ́μῳ gonĭ́mōi |
γονῐ́μῃ gonĭ́mēi |
γονῐ́μῳ gonĭ́mōi |
γονῐ́μοιν gonĭ́moin |
γονῐ́μαιν gonĭ́main |
γονῐ́μοιν gonĭ́moin |
γονῐ́μοις gonĭ́mois |
γονῐ́μαις gonĭ́mais |
γονῐ́μοις gonĭ́mois | |||||
Accusative | γόνῐμον gónĭmon |
γονῐ́μην gonĭ́mēn |
γόνῐμον gónĭmon |
γονῐ́μω gonĭ́mō |
γονῐ́μᾱ gonĭ́mā |
γονῐ́μω gonĭ́mō |
γονῐ́μους gonĭ́mous |
γονῐ́μᾱς gonĭ́mās |
γόνῐμᾰ gónĭmă | |||||
Vocative | γόνῐμε gónĭme |
γονῐ́μη gonĭ́mē |
γόνῐμον gónĭmon |
γονῐ́μω gonĭ́mō |
γονῐ́μᾱ gonĭ́mā |
γονῐ́μω gonĭ́mō |
γόνῐμοι gónĭmoi |
γόνῐμαι gónĭmai |
γόνῐμᾰ gónĭmă | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
γονῐ́μως gonĭ́mōs |
γονῐμώτερος gonĭmṓteros |
γονῐμώτᾰτος gonĭmṓtătos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Synonyms
[edit]- (viable): βιώσιμος (biṓsimos)
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “productive”): ἄγονος (ágonos)
References
[edit]- “γόνιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γόνιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- fertile idem, page 316.
- fruitful idem, page 348.
- generative idem, page 356.
- productive idem, page 645.
- prolific idem, page 653.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek γόνιμος (gónimos).
Adjective
[edit]γόνιμος • (gónimos) m
- fertile, capable of growing abundant crops
- fertile, capable of reproducing
- (figuratively) fertile, productive or prolific
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | γόνιμός (gónimós) | γόνιμή (gónimí) | γόνιμό (gónimó) | γόνιμοί (gónimoí) | γόνιμές (gónimés) | γόνιμά (gónimá) | |
genitive | γόνιμού (gónimoú) | γόνιμής (gónimís) | γόνιμού (gónimoú) | γόνιμών (gónimón) | γόνιμών (gónimón) | γόνιμών (gónimón) | |
accusative | γόνιμό (gónimó) | γόνιμή (gónimí) | γόνιμό (gónimó) | γόνιμούς (gónimoús) | γόνιμές (gónimés) | γόνιμά (gónimá) | |
vocative | γόνιμέ (gónimé) | γόνιμή (gónimí) | γόνιμό (gónimó) | γόνιμοί (gónimoí) | γόνιμές (gónimés) | γόνιμά (gónimá) |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο γόνιμος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο γόνιμος, etc.)
Derivations: relative superlative: ο + comparative forms (eg "ο γονιμότερος", etc)
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Antonyms
[edit]- άγονος (ágonos)
Related terms
[edit]- γονιμότητα f (gonimótita)
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιμος
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek lemmas
- Greek adjectives
- Greek adjectives in declension ός-ή-ό