τετραγενής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

τετρᾰ- (tetră-) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /te.tra.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/ → /te.tra.ʝeˈnis/ → /te.tra.ʝeˈnis/

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

Adjective

τετρᾰγενής • (tetrăgenḗs) m or f (neuter τετρᾰγενές); third declension

1. (philosophy, as an epithet of ὕλη, “matter”) of four kinds, fourfold (viz. the four elements: earth, water, air, and fire)
   • Orph., Fr. 55

Declension

Third declension of τετρᾰγενής; τετρᾰγενές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τετρᾰγενής tetrăgenḗs	τετρᾰγενές tetrăgenés		τετρᾰγενεῖ tetrăgeneî	τετρᾰγενεῖ tetrăgeneî		τετρᾰγενεῖς tetrăgeneîs	τετρᾰγενῆ tetrăgenê
Genitive		τετρᾰγενοῦς tetrăgenoûs	τετρᾰγενοῦς tetrăgenoûs		τετρᾰγενοῖν tetrăgenoîn	τετρᾰγενοῖν tetrăgenoîn		τετρᾰγενῶν tetrăgenôn	τετρᾰγενῶν tetrăgenôn
Dative		τετρᾰγενεῖ tetrăgeneî	τετρᾰγενεῖ tetrăgeneî		τετρᾰγενοῖν tetrăgenoîn	τετρᾰγενοῖν tetrăgenoîn		τετρᾰγενέσῐ / τετρᾰγενέσῐν tetrăgenésĭ(n)	τετρᾰγενέσῐ / τετρᾰγενέσῐν tetrăgenésĭ(n)
Accusative		τετρᾰγενῆ tetrăgenê	τετρᾰγενές tetrăgenés		τετρᾰγενεῖ tetrăgeneî	τετρᾰγενεῖ tetrăgeneî		τετρᾰγενεῖς tetrăgeneîs	τετρᾰγενῆ tetrăgenê
Vocative		τετρᾰγενές tetrăgenés	τετρᾰγενές tetrăgenés		τετρᾰγενεῖ tetrăgeneî	τετρᾰγενεῖ tetrăgeneî		τετρᾰγενεῖς tetrăgeneîs	τετρᾰγενῆ tetrăgenê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		τετρᾰγενῶς tetrăgenôs			τετρᾰγενέστερος tetrăgenésteros			τετρᾰγενέστᾰτος tetrăgenéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “τετρᾰγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press