Ancient Greek

Noun

γένος • ‎(génos) n ‎(genitive γένεος or γένους); third declension

1. offspring, descendant
2. family, clan
3. nation, race
4. gender
5. any type or class

Inflection

References

• γένος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer lexicon
• “G1085”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένος ‎(génos), from Proto-Hellenic *génos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os ‎(“race”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʝe̞no̞s/

Noun

γένος • ‎(génos) n ‎(plural γένη)

1. family
2. nation
3. (biology) genus
4. (grammar) gender (masculine, feminine, etc)
5. maiden name

Declension