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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

  • ἡμᾶσ δὲ τοὺσ περὶ τοῦ παντὸσ λόγουσ ποιεῖσθαί πῃ μέλλοντασ, ᾗ γέγονεν ἢ καὶ ἀγενέσ ἐστιν, εἰ μὴ παντάπασι παραλλάττομεν, ἀνάγκη θεούσ τε καὶ θεὰσ ἐπικαλουμένουσ εὔχεσθαι πάντα κατὰ νοῦν ἐκείνοισ μὲν μάλιστα, ἑπομένωσ δὲ ἡμῖν εἰπεῖν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 65:2)

Synonyms

  1. unborn

  2. with no family

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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