noun · femininethird declension
genesis1
genesis f (genitive genesis)
Classical[ˈɡɛ.nɛ.sɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈd͡ʒɛː.ne.s̬is]
Meaning
- femininegeneration, creation, nativity
- femininebirth
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | genesis | genesēs |
| genitive | genesis | genesium |
| dative | genesī | genesibus |
| accusative | genesem | genesēs genesīs |
| ablative | genese | genesibus |
| vocative | genesis | genesēs |
gĕnĕsis, is, f., = γένεσις,
I. generation, birth, creation.
I. Lit.:
in basi (statuae Minervae) quod caelatum est, Pandoras genesin appellavit (Phidias), Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 19. —B. Genesis, the name of the first book of Moses (the history of the creation), Tert. de Or. 6.—
II. Transf., the star that is rising at one's birth, a natal-star, nativity, horoscope:
inspecta genesi, Juv. 6, 579: nota mathematicis genesis tua, id. 14, 248: quod vulgo crederetur (Mettius) genesim habere imperatoriam, Suet. Vesp. 14; id. Dom. 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
genesis is, f
, γένεσις (birth), a natal-star, hororoscope: inspectā genesi, Iu.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁tis
- Proto-Hellenic*génetis
- Latingenesis
Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)bor. Latin genesis Borrowed from Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”).
Descendants
- Catalangènesi
- Englishgenesis
- Frenchgenèse
- Italiangenesi
- Spanishgénesis
- Indonesiangenesafrom Dutch genese
- Norwegian Bokmålgenesis
- Norwegian Bokmålgenese
- Norwegian Nynorskgenesis
- Norwegian Nynorskgenese