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ἀγεννής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγεννής ἀγεννές

Structure: ἀγεννη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ge/nna

Sense

  1. of no family, low-born
  2. low-minded
  3. illiberal, sordid

Examples

  • ἆρα οὐκ ἂν σκυθρωπόσ τε καὶ συννεφὴσ ἰδεῖν ἐν σχήματι ταπεινῷ καὶ ἀγεννεῖ πλάττοιτο ὑπὸ δημιουργοῦ μὴ φαύλου τὴν τέχνην; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 105:3)
  • ἀνέστη δ’ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ Φεραύλασ Πέρσησ τῶν δημοτῶν, Κύρῳ πωσ ἔτι οἴκοθεν συνήθησ καὶ ἀρεστὸσ ἀνήρ, καὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν οὐκ ἀγεννεῖ ἀνδρὶ ἐοικώσ, καὶ ἔλεξε τοιάδε. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 3 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. of no family

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

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