"γένος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See γένος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡé.nos/, /ˈʝe.nos/, /ˈʝe.nos/, /ɡé.nos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈɡe.nos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈʝe.nos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈʝe.nos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈʝe.nos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
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”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|inh|grk-pro>*génos>family|id=race}}, {{root|grc|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*génos}} Proto-Hellenic *génos, {{cog|la|genus}} Latin genus, {{cog|sa|जनस्|tr=jánas}} Sanskrit जनस् (jánas), {{cog|xcl|ծին}} Old Armenian ծին (cin) Head templates: {{grc-noun|γένεος|n|third|gen2=γένους}} γένος • (génos) n (genitive γένεος or γένους); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|γένος|γένους|dial=att}}, {{grc-decl|γένος|γένεος|dial=epi}}, {{grc-decl|γένος|γένεος|dial=ion}} Forms: génos [romanization], γένεος [genitive], γένους [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ γένος [nominative, singular], τὼ γένει [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ γένη [nominative, plural], τοῦ γένους [genitive, singular], τοῖν γενοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν γενῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ γένει [dative, singular], τοῖν γενοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς γένεσῐ [dative, plural], γένεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs génesi [dative, plural], toîs génesin [dative, plural], τὸ γένος [accusative, singular], τὼ γένει [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ γένη [accusative, plural], γένος [singular, vocative], γένει [dual, vocative], γένη [plural, vocative], Epic declension-3 [table-tags], γένος [nominative, singular], γένει [dual, nominative], γένεε [dual, nominative], γένεᾰ [nominative, plural], γένεος [genitive, singular], γένευς [genitive, singular], γενέοιν [dual, genitive], γενέων [genitive, plural], γένει [dative, singular], γένεῐ̈ [dative, singular], γενέοιν [dative, dual], γένεσῐ [dative, plural], γένεσῐν [dative, plural], génesi [dative, plural], génesin [dative, plural], γένος [accusative, singular], γένει [accusative, dual], γένεε [accusative, dual], γένεᾰ [accusative, plural], γένος [singular, vocative], γένει [dual, vocative], γένεε [dual, vocative], γένεᾰ [plural, vocative], declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ γένος [nominative, singular], τὼ γένει [dual, nominative], γένεε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ γένεᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ γένεος [genitive, singular], γένευς [genitive, singular], τοῖν γενέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν γενέων [genitive, plural], τῷ γένει [dative, singular], γένεῐ̈ [dative, singular], τοῖν γενέοιν [dative, dual], τοῖσῐ [dative, plural], τοῖσῐν γένεσῐ [dative, plural], γένεσῐν [dative, plural], toîsi génesi [dative, plural], toîsi génesin [dative, plural], toîsini [dative, plural], toîsinin [dative, plural], τὸ γένος [accusative, singular], τὼ γένει [accusative, dual], γένεε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ γένεᾰ [accusative, plural], γένος [singular, vocative], γένει [dual, vocative], γένεε [dual, vocative], γένεᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. race, stock, kin
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-yI66983z
  2. race, stock, kin
    direct descent, as opposed to collateral relationship
    Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-rFgqxu-B Disambiguation of Family: 0 12 20 20 21 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 9 3 0 0 0
  3. offspring, descendant Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-hxhdlSzv Disambiguation of Family: 0 12 20 20 21 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 9 3 0 0 0
  4. offspring, descendant
    (collective) offspring, posterity
    Tags: collective Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-eCE6XWBm Disambiguation of Family: 0 12 20 20 21 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 9 3 0 0 0
  5. (in general) race of beings
    family, clan, house
    Tags: usually Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-BfdOOEsu Disambiguation of Family: 0 12 20 20 21 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 9 3 0 0 0
  6. (in general) race of beings
    tribe, nation, race, as a subdivision of ἔθνος (éthnos)
    Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-aDA01JOp
  7. (in general) race of beings
    caste
    Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-wL23mFd6 Categories (other): Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 1 4 9 9 3 6 14 4 2 4 2 14 5 12 5 4 1 1
  8. (in general) race of beings
    breed of animals
    Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-t5KIjK6g
  9. (in general) race of beings Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-KHO-0TEW
  10. age, generation, time of life
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-h8nkst0g
  11. sex, gender
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-OtW~kJHn
  12. sex, gender
    (grammar) grammatical gender
    Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-mbIIY9II Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 5 5 6 6 8 7 6 11 1 22 3 8 5 4 2 1 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 1 4 9 9 3 6 14 4 2 4 2 14 5 12 5 4 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 1 1 1 7 7 7 11 7 13 0 23 1 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 1 1 8 8 8 8 8 15 0 27 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  13. class, sort, kind
    (logic) the opposite of εἶδος (eîdos, “species”)
    Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-e1Ievw6S Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  14. class, sort, kind
    (taxonomy) class
    (taxonomy) genus
    Categories (topical): Taxonomy
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-oGIdgSKV Categories (other): Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 1 4 9 9 3 6 14 4 2 4 2 14 5 12 5 4 1 1 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
  15. class, sort, kind
    (taxonomy) class
    species of plant; crop, produce; material
    Categories (topical): Taxonomy
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-sPf2QYmQ Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
  16. class, sort, kind
    (taxonomy) class
    Categories (topical): Taxonomy
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-GrGWKwA1 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
  17. class, sort, kind
    element
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-Ra42Oz45
  18. class, sort, kind
    Sense id: en-γένος-grc-noun-HPOU2Qz7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: γενεά (geneá), γένεσις (génesis), -γενής (-genḗs), γέννα (génna), γίγνομαι (gígnomai), γόνος (gónos)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "גניסא",
            "3": "גנסא",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: גניסא, גנסא",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: גניסא, גנסא"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "γένος"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: γένος (génos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: γένος (génos)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "grk-pro>*génos>family",
        "id": "race"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*génos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *génos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "genus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin genus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "जनस्",
        "tr": "jánas"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit जनस् (jánas)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ծին"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ծին (cin)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *génos. Cognate with Latin genus, Sanskrit जनस् (jánas), Old Armenian ծին (cin), among others; see also γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "génos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ γένος",
      "roman": "tò génos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ γένει",
      "roman": "tṑ génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ γένη",
      "roman": "tà génē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ γένους",
      "roman": "toû génous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν γενοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn genoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν γενῶν",
      "roman": "tôn genôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ γένει",
      "roman": "tôi génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν γενοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn genoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς γένεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs génesi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs génesin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ γένος",
      "roman": "tò génos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ γένει",
      "roman": "tṑ génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ γένη",
      "roman": "tà génē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένος",
      "roman": "génos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένει",
      "roman": "génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένη",
      "roman": "génē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένος",
      "roman": "génos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένει",
      "roman": "génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεε",
      "roman": "génee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεᾰ",
      "roman": "génea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεος",
      "roman": "géneos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένευς",
      "roman": "géneus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γενέοιν",
      "roman": "genéoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γενέων",
      "roman": "genéōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένει",
      "roman": "génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεῐ̈",
      "roman": "géneï",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γενέοιν",
      "roman": "genéoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "génesi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "génesin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένος",
      "roman": "génos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένει",
      "roman": "génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεε",
      "roman": "génee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεᾰ",
      "roman": "génea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένος",
      "roman": "génos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένει",
      "roman": "génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεε",
      "roman": "génee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεᾰ",
      "roman": "génea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ γένος",
      "roman": "tò génos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ γένει",
      "roman": "tṑ génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεε",
      "roman": "génee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ γένεᾰ",
      "roman": "tà génea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ γένεος",
      "roman": "toû géneos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένευς",
      "roman": "géneus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν γενέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn genéoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν γενέων",
      "roman": "tôn genéōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ γένει",
      "roman": "tôi génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεῐ̈",
      "roman": "géneï",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν γενέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn genéoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖσῐν γένεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsi génesi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsi génesin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsinin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ γένος",
      "roman": "tò génos",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡé.nos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡe.nos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.nos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.nos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.nos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "γένος"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
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    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Family"
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            "2": "גניסא",
            "3": "גנסא",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: גניסא, גנסא",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: גניסא, גנסא"
    },
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        {
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            "1": "el",
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      "text": "Greek: γένος (génos)"
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      "name": "etymon"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ծին"
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    }
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      "form": "γένους",
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      "form": "Third declension",
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        "class"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ γένη",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "τοῦ γένους",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τοῖν γενοῖν",
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        "dual",
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "τῶν γενῶν",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ γένει",
      "roman": "tôi génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν γενοῖν",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς γένεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs génesi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs génesin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ γένος",
      "roman": "tò génos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ γένει",
      "roman": "tṑ génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ γένη",
      "roman": "tà génē",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "γένος",
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      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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      "roman": "génē",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
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      "form": "γένος",
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      "form": "γένεε",
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    {
      "form": "γένεᾰ",
      "roman": "génea",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "γένεος",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "γένευς",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γενέοιν",
      "roman": "genéoin",
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    {
      "form": "γενέων",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "γένει",
      "roman": "génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "γένεῐ̈",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γενέοιν",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
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    },
    {
      "form": "γένεσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "γένεσῐν",
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        "dative",
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      "form": "génesi",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "génesin",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "γένος",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεε",
      "roman": "génee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεᾰ",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "γένος",
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      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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      "roman": "génee",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεᾰ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τὸ γένος",
      "roman": "tò génos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ γένει",
      "roman": "tṑ génei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεε",
      "roman": "génee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ γένεᾰ",
      "roman": "tà génea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ γένεος",
      "roman": "toû géneos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένευς",
      "roman": "géneus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν γενέοιν",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν γενέων",
      "roman": "tôn genéōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ γένει",
      "roman": "tôi génei",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεῐ̈",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν γενέοιν",
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      "form": "τοῖσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "τοῖσῐν γένεσῐ",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεσῐν",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsi génesi",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsi génesin",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsini",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîsinin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "τὸ γένος",
      "roman": "tò génos",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ γένει",
      "roman": "tṑ génei",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεε",
      "roman": "génee",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ γένεᾰ",
      "roman": "tà génea",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένος",
      "roman": "génos",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "γένει",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεε",
      "roman": "génee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "γένεᾰ",
      "roman": "génea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "γένεος",
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        "3": "third",
        "gen2": "γένους"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "γένος",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "γένος",
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        "dial": "ion"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "geneá",
      "word": "γενεά"
    },
    {
      "roman": "génesis",
      "word": "γένεσις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-genḗs",
      "word": "-γενής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "génna",
      "word": "γέννα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gígnomai",
      "word": "γίγνομαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gónos",
      "word": "γόνος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.354",
          "text": "ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γένος ἠδ᾽ ἴα πάτρη"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "race, stock, kin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ],
        [
          "stock",
          "stock"
        ],
        [
          "kin",
          "kin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "4th century BC, Isaeus, Ciron 33",
          "text": "γένος γὰρ ἀλλ᾽ οὐχὶ συγγένεια τοῦτ᾽ ἐστίν"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "race, stock, kin",
        "direct descent, as opposed to collateral relationship"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ],
        [
          "stock",
          "stock"
        ],
        [
          "kin",
          "kin"
        ],
        [
          "direct",
          "direct"
        ],
        [
          "descent",
          "descent"
        ],
        [
          "collateral",
          "collateral"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.180",
          "text": "ἣ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔην θεῖον γένος οὐδ᾽ ἀνθρώπων"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "offspring, descendant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "offspring",
          "offspring"
        ],
        [
          "descendant",
          "descendant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek collective nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.126.11",
          "text": "ἐκεῖνοί τε ἐκαλοῦντο καὶ τὸ γένος τὸ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνων"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "offspring, descendant",
        "offspring, posterity"
      ],
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        [
          "offspring",
          "offspring"
        ],
        [
          "descendant",
          "descendant"
        ],
        [
          "posterity",
          "posterity"
        ]
      ],
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        "offspring, descendant",
        "(collective) offspring, posterity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.35.1",
          "roman": "Phrùx mèn geneêi, géneos dè toû basilēḯou",
          "text": "Φρὺξ μὲν γενεῇ, γένεος δὲ τοῦ βασιληΐου"
        }
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          "english": "The Egyptians are divided into seven classes",
          "ref": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.164.1",
          "roman": "ésti dè Aiguptíōn heptà génea",
          "text": "ἔστι δὲ Αἰγυπτίων ἑπτὰ γένεα"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 12.23",
          "roman": "hēmithéōn génos andrôn",
          "text": "ἡμιθέων γένος ἀνδρῶν"
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          "roman": "génei hústeros",
          "text": "γένει ὕστερος"
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          "text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 189d"
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          "ref": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Metaphysics 1059β.36",
          "text": "τὰ γένη δ᾽ εἰς εἴδη πλείω καὶ διαφέροντα διαιρεῖται"
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        {
          "ref": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 1.1.487b.17",
          "roman": "tò tôn karkínōn génos",
          "text": "τὸ τῶν καρκίνων γένος"
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        "class, sort, kind",
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          "genus",
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        {
          "text": "371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 4.8.13"
        },
        {
          "ref": "PTeb. 66.43",
          "roman": "állois génesi toîs pròs puròn dioikouménois",
          "text": "ἄλλοις γένεσι τοῖς πρὸς πυρὸν διοικουμένοις"
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        "class, sort, kind",
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          "text": "360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 54b"
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        {
          "english": "The hounds used are of two kinds",
          "ref": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 3.1",
          "roman": "Tà dè génē tôn kunôn dittá",
          "text": "Τὰ δὲ γένη τῶν κυνῶν διττά"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡé.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡé.nos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡe.nos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.nos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.nos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʝe.nos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "γένος"
}

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