Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Αἰγυπτογενής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Αἰγυπτογενής Αἰγυπτογενές

Structure: Αἰγυπτογενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ge/nos

Sense

  1. of Egyptian race

Examples

  • ἀρσενοπληθῆ δ’ ἑσμὸν ὑβριστὴν Αἰγυπτογενῆ, πρὶν πόδα χέρσῳ τῆ δ’ ἐν ἀσώδει θεῖναι, ξὺν ὄχῳ ταχυήρει πέμψατε πόντονδ’· (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode, lyric 1:6)
  • ὁ μέγασ Ζεὺσ ἀπαλέξαι γάμον Αἰγυπτογενῆ μοι. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 31)

Synonyms

  1. of Egyptian race

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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