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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

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀγεννής ά̓γεννες
Genitive ἀγεννούς ἀγέννους
Dative ἀγεννεί ἀγέννει
Accusative ἀγεννή ά̓γεννες
Vocative ἀγεννές ά̓γεννες
DualN/A/V ἀγεννεί ἀγέννει
G/D ἀγεννοίν ἀγέννοιν
PluralNominative ἀγεννείς ἀγέννη
Genitive ἀγεννών ἀγέννων
Dative ἀγεννέσιν* ἀγέννεσιν*
Accusative ἀγεννείς ἀγέννη
Vocative ἀγεννείς ἀγέννη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀγεννής ἀγεννούς ἀγεννέστερος ἀγεννεστέρου ἀγεννέστατος ἀγεννεστάτου
Adverb ἀγεννέως ἀγεννέστερον ἀγεννέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὴν μὲν οὖν ἁπλότητα καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἡγεῖται βασιλικὸν καὶ φρόνιμον, τὴν δὲ πανουργίαν καὶ τὴν ἀπάτην ἀνόητον καὶ δουλοπρεπέσ, ὁρῶν ὅτι καὶ τῶν θηρίων τὰ δειλότατα καὶ ἀγεννέστατα, ψεύδεται πάντων μάλιστα καὶ ἐξαπατᾷ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 31:1)

Synonyms

  1. of no family

Similar forms

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

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