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ἀγενής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγενής ἀγενές

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + γενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. unborn, uncreated
  2. of no family, ignoble, mean, cowardly, vile
  3. with no family, childless

Examples

  • Ἐπὶ δὲ τὸ λευκότερον , χροιῇ μὲν λευκόχλωροι, γνώμῃ δὲ φαιδρότεροι· σιτίων ἄρξασθαι μὲν ὀκνηροὶ, ἐμφαγεῖν δὲ οὐκ ἀγενεῖσ, πέψαι Ῥηί̈διοι τῶν πρόσθεν μᾶλλον· διαχωρέουσι λευκὰ, ξηρὰ, ἀργιλώδεα · οὐρέουσι ξανθὰ, ὠχρὰ, κροκοειδέα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 327)
  • τοῖσ γὰρ οὕτω τελευτῶσιν ἀθάνατόν τε τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὴν ἐν ἀγαθοῖσ αἴσθησιν αἰώνιον παραμένειν, τοὺσ δὲ ἀγενεῖσ καὶ τῆσ ἑαυτῶν σοφίασ ἀπείρουσ ἀγνοοῦντασ φιλοψυχεῖν καὶ πρὸ τοῦ δι’ ἀρετῆσ τὸν ἐκ νόσου θάνατον αἱρεῖσθαι. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 911:4)
  • ἄκυρα γοῦν τὰ γένη ποιήσαντεσ, ἐξ ὧν κατὰ διαδοχὰσ οἱ ἀρχιερεῖσ ἀπεδείκνυντο, καθίστασαν ἀσήμουσ καὶ ἀγενεῖσ, ἵν’ ἔχοιεν συνεργοὺσ τῶν ἀσεβημάτων· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 172:1)

Synonyms

  1. unborn

  2. with no family

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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