ἀγεννησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγέννητος (agénnētos, “low-born”, “sordid”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix). The τ (t) changed to σ (s) by palatalization.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡen.nɛː.sí.aː/ → /a.ʝen.niˈsi.a/ → /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡen.nɛː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡen.ne̝ˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝen.niˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝen.niˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ʝe.niˈsi.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ • (ăgennēsĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. uncreatedness
   • 300 CE – 500 CE, Stobaeus, Anthology 1.11.2

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ hē ăgennēsĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăgennēsĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αι hai ăgennēsĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱς tês ăgennēsĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αιν toîn ăgennēsĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓γεννησῐῶν tôn ăgennēsĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾳ têi ăgennēsĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αιν toîn ăgennēsĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αις taîs ăgennēsĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăgennēsĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăgennēsĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăgennēsĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ ăgennēsĭ́ā	ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́ᾱ ăgennēsĭ́ā	ᾰ̓γεννησῐ́αι ăgennēsĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• γένεσῐς (génesĭs)

Descendants

• Latin: agennēsia
  • English: agennesia
  • German: Agennesie

References

• “ἀγεννησία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγεννησία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγεννησία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)