γένος – Ancient Greek noun declension

Noun: γένος
Hyphenation:

Gender: Neuter

Nominative

Singular	γένος
Dual	γένει; γένεε
Plural	γένη; γένεᾰ

Singular	génos
Dual	génei; génee
Plural	génē; géneă

Genitive

Singular	γένους; γένεος; γένευς
Dual	γενοῖν; γενέοιῐ̈ν; γενέοιν
Plural	γενῶν; γενέων

Singular	génous; géneos; géneus
Dual	genoîn; genéoiĭ̈n; genéoin
Plural	genôn; genéōn

Dative

Singular	γένει; γένεῐ̈
Dual	γενοῖν; γενέοιῐ̈ν; γενέοιν
Plural	γένεσῐ; γένεσῐν; γένεσσῐ; γένεσσῐν; γενέεσσῐ; γενέεσσῐν

Singular	tōî génei; géneĭ̈; génei; tōî géneĭ̈
Dual	genoîn; genéoiĭ̈n; genéoin
Plural	génesĭ; génesĭn; génessĭ; génessĭn; genéessĭ; genéessĭn

Accusative

Singular	γένος
Dual	γένει; γένεε
Plural	γένη; γένεᾰ

Singular	génos
Dual	génei; génee
Plural	génē; géneă

Vocative

Singular	γένος
Dual	γένει; γένεε
Plural	γένη; γένεᾰ

Singular	génos
Dual	génei; génee
Plural	génē; géneă

Sample Sentences

ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γένος ἠδ’ ἴα πάτρη ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.354]
γένος γὰρ ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ συγγένεια τοῦτ’ ἐστίν ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [4th century BC, Isaeus, Ciron 33]
ἣ δ’ ἄρ’ ἔην θεῖον γένος οὐδ’ ἀνθρώπων ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.180]
ἐκεῖνοί τε ἐκαλοῦντο καὶ τὸ γένος τὸ ἀπ’ ἐκείνων ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [431 BCE – 404 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.126.11]
ἡμιθέων γένος ἀνδρῶν ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.23]
Φρὺξ μὲν γενεῇ, γένεος δὲ τοῦ βασιληΐου ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.35.1]
460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.56.1
ἔστι δὲ Αἰγυπτίων ἑπτὰ γένεα (The Egyptians are divided into seven classes) [460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.164.1]
460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.29
γένει ὕστερος ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.215]
c. 385 BCE, Plato, Symposium 189d
Τὰ δὲ γένη τῶν κυνῶν διττά (The hounds used are of two kinds) [430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 3.1]
τὰ γένη δ’ εἰς εἴδη πλείω καὶ διαφέροντα διαιρεῖται ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1059β.36]
384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 1.6.490b.7
τὸ τῶν καρκίνων γένος ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 1.1.487b.17]
371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Historia Plantarum 4.8.13
ἄλλοις γένεσι τοῖς πρὸς πυρὸν διοικουμένοις ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [PTeb. 66.43]
360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 54b

Nouns inflected like γένος

γένος,

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *génos. Cognate with Latin genus, Sanskrit जनस् (jánas), Old Armenian ծին (cin), among others; see also γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born”). See: Latin Nouns 'genus'.

Verbs referencing "γένος"

Latin Nouns genus, English Nouns genocide, Latin Nouns gens, English Nouns pathogen, Greek Nouns γένος, Old English Nouns cynn, Ukrainian Nouns ген, Danish Nouns køn, English Nouns genin, Irish Nouns seánra, Polish Nouns genocyd, Latin Nouns genocidium, English Nouns genosome, French Nouns génosome, Bulgarian Nouns аглутиноген.