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ἀγένειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγένειος ἀγένειη ἀγένειον

Structure: ἀγενει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ge/neion

Sense

  1. beardless, like a boy

Examples

  • οἷσι δὲ οὐκ ἔνεστι ζωοῦσα ἡ θορὴ, Ῥικνοὶ, ἀσθενέεσ, ὀξύφωνοι, ἄτριχεσ, ἀγένειοι, γυναικώδεισ· δηλοῦσι οἱ εὐνοῦχοι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 133)

Synonyms

  1. beardless

Related

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

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