θεογονία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεόγονος (theógonos) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.ɡo.ní.aː/ → /θe.o.ɣoˈni.a/ → /θe.o.ɣoˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.ɡo.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.ɡoˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ɣoˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ɣoˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.o.ɣoˈni.a/

Noun

θεογονῐ́ᾱ • (theogonĭ́ā) f (genitive θεογονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. genealogy of the gods
2. theogony, origination or birth of gods

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θεογονῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θεογονῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θεογονῐ́ᾱ hē theogonĭ́ā	τὼ θεογονῐ́ᾱ tṑ theogonĭ́ā	αἱ θεογονῐ́αι hai theogonĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς θεογονῐ́ᾱς tês theogonĭ́ās	τοῖν θεογονῐ́αιν toîn theogonĭ́ain	τῶν θεογονῐῶν tôn theogonĭôn
Dative	τῇ θεογονῐ́ᾳ têi theogonĭ́āi	τοῖν θεογονῐ́αιν toîn theogonĭ́ain	ταῖς θεογονῐ́αις taîs theogonĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν θεογονῐ́ᾱν tḕn theogonĭ́ān	τὼ θεογονῐ́ᾱ tṑ theogonĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς θεογονῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theogonĭ́ās
Vocative	θεογονῐ́ᾱ theogonĭ́ā	θεογονῐ́ᾱ theogonĭ́ā	θεογονῐ́αι theogonĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: theogonia
  • → English: theogony

Further reading

• “θεογονία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θεογονία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette