Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • εἰ καὶ τοῖσ νέοισ ἔτι καὶ ἀγενείοισ ἡμῖν ἐφεῖτο ἐκ τοῦ νόμου δημηγορεῖν, ἴσωσ ἂν εἶπόν τι συμφέρον εἰσ τὴν διάσκεψιν. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 26:1)
  • καὶ τοῖσ μὲν ἀγενείοισ ἴσωσ ἔπεστί τισ χάρισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 124)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ Εὐκλείδου ἄρχοντοσ κωμῳδοῖσ χορηγῶν Κηφισοδώρῳ ἐνίκων, καὶ ἀνήλωσα σὺν τῇ τῆσ σκευῆσ ἀναθέσει ἑκκαίδεκα μνᾶσ, καὶ Παναθηναίοισ τοῖσ μικροῖσ ἐχορήγουν πυρριχισταῖσ ἀγενείοισ, καὶ ἀνήλωσα ἑπτὰ μνᾶσ. (Lysias, Speeches, 7:2)

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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