παλαιγενής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πάλαι (pálai, “long ago”) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.lai̯.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/ → /pa.lɛ.ʝeˈnis/ → /pa.le.ʝeˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.lai̯.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.lɛ.ɡeˈne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.lɛ.ʝeˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.le.ʝeˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.le.ʝeˈnis/

Adjective

πᾰλαιγενής • (pălaigenḗs) m or f (neuter πᾰλαιγενές); third declension

1. born long ago, full of years

Inflection

Third declension of πᾰλαιγενής; πᾰλαιγενές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰλαιγενής pălaigenḗs	πᾰλαιγενές pălaigenés		πᾰλαιγενεῖ pălaigeneî	πᾰλαιγενεῖ pălaigeneî		πᾰλαιγενεῖς pălaigeneîs	πᾰλαιγενῆ pălaigenê
Genitive		πᾰλαιγενοῦς pălaigenoûs	πᾰλαιγενοῦς pălaigenoûs		πᾰλαιγενοῖν pălaigenoîn	πᾰλαιγενοῖν pălaigenoîn		πᾰλαιγενῶν pălaigenôn	πᾰλαιγενῶν pălaigenôn
Dative		πᾰλαιγενεῖ pălaigeneî	πᾰλαιγενεῖ pălaigeneî		πᾰλαιγενοῖν pălaigenoîn	πᾰλαιγενοῖν pălaigenoîn		πᾰλαιγενέσῐ / πᾰλαιγενέσῐν pălaigenésĭ(n)	πᾰλαιγενέσῐ / πᾰλαιγενέσῐν pălaigenésĭ(n)
Accusative		πᾰλαιγενῆ pălaigenê	πᾰλαιγενές pălaigenés		πᾰλαιγενεῖ pălaigeneî	πᾰλαιγενεῖ pălaigeneî		πᾰλαιγενεῖς pălaigeneîs	πᾰλαιγενῆ pălaigenê
Vocative		πᾰλαιγενές pălaigenés	πᾰλαιγενές pălaigenés		πᾰλαιγενεῖ pălaigeneî	πᾰλαιγενεῖ pălaigeneî		πᾰλαιγενεῖς pălaigeneîs	πᾰλαιγενῆ pălaigenê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πᾰλαιγενῶς pălaigenôs			πᾰλαιγενέστερος pălaigenésteros			πᾰλαιγενέστᾰτος pălaigenéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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