Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀγένητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγένητος ἀγένητη ἀγένητον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + γενητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gene/sqai

Sense

  1. unborn, uncreated, unoriginated
  2. not done, not having happened

Examples

  • εἰ γὰρ ἀγένητοσ ὁ κόσμοσ ἐστίν, οἴχεται τῷ Πλάτωνι τὸ πρεσβύτερον τοῦ σώματοσ τὴν ψυχὴν οὖσαν ἐξάρχειν μεταβολῆσ καὶ κινήσεωσ πάσησ, ἡγεμόνα καὶ πρωτουργόν, ὡσ αὐτὸσ εἴρηκεν, ἐγκαθεστῶσαν. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 4 3:1)
  • οἱ περὶ Ἐπίκουρον, καθ’ οὓσ ἀγένητοσ, ἐκ μεταβολῆσ τῆσ ἀλλήλων γεννᾶσθαι τὰ ζῷα· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, chapter 19 2:2)
  • ἔτι δ’ εἴπερ ἡ ὕλη ἔστι διὰ τὸ ἀγένητοσ εἶναι, πολὺ ἔτι μᾶλλον εὔλογον εἶναι τὴν οὐσίαν, ὅ ποτε ἐκείνη γίγνεται· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 3 97:2)
  • ἑτέραν δ’ αὐτοῦ σκέψιν εἶναι ἥτισ μόνοισ τοῖσ φυσικοῖσ ἐπιβάλλει, καθ’ ἣν ζητεῖται ἥ τ’ οὐσία αὐτοῦ [καὶ εἰ ὁ ἥλιοσ καὶ οἱ ἀστέρεσ ἐξ ὕλησ καὶ εἴδουσ] καὶ εἰ γενητὸσ ἢ ἀγένητοσ καὶ εἰ ἔμψυχοσ ἢ ἄψυχοσ καὶ εἰ φθαρτὸσ ἢ ἄφθαρτοσ καὶ εἰ προνοίᾳ διοικεῖται καὶ περὶ τῶν λοιπῶν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 133:1)
  • αὐτόν τε τὸν θεὸν τὸν ἐκ τῆσ ἁπάσησ οὐσίασ ἰδίωσ ποιόν, ὃσ δὴ ἄφθαρτόσ ἐστι καὶ ἀγένητοσ, δημιουργὸσ ὢν τῆσ διακοσμήσεωσ, κατὰ χρόνων ποιὰσ περιόδουσ ἀναλίσκων εἰσ ἑαυτὸν τὴν ἅπασαν οὐσίαν καὶ πάλιν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ γεννῶν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 137:7)

Synonyms

  1. unborn

  2. not done

Related

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

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