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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

  • ἕτεροσ δέ τισ οὐκ ἀγεννὴσ λόγοσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάνυ γενναῖοσ, ὥσ φησι, καὶ μεταξύ μου λέγοντοσ ὑπέκρουε καὶ διακόπτειν ἐπειρᾶτο τὴν ῥῆσιν καὶ ἐπειδὴ πέπαυμαι, οὐκ ἀληθῆ ταῦτα λέγειν φησὶ με, ἀλλὰ θαυμάζειν, εἰ φάσκοιμι ἐπιτηδειότερον εἶναι πρὸσ λόγων ἐπίδειξιν οἴκου κάλλοσ γραφῇ καὶ χρυσῷ κεκοσμημένον αὐτὸ γάρ που τοὐναντίον ἀποβαίνειν. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 14:1)
  • ἀληθῆ ταῦτά φασιν, πάτερ, ὡσ ἐμβάλοι τισ φέρων αὑτὸν εἰσ τὸ πῦρ κατέναντι Ὀλυμπίων, ἤδη πρεσβύτησ ἄνθρωποσ, οὐκ ἀγεννὴσ θαυματοποιὸσ τὰ τοιαῦτα; (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 1:1)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ ‐ ἀγεννὴσ γὰρ καὶ δειλόσ εἰμι ‐ ἐκστήσομαι τῆσ ὁδοῦ ὑμῖν καὶ παύσομαι τῇ Ῥητορικῇ ἐπιπολάζων, ἀσύμβολοσ ὢν πρὸσ αὐτὴν τὰ ὑμέτερα· (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 15:3)
  • τοῦτο γὰρ αἴτιόν ἐστιν ἐκείνου καὶ οὗτόσ ἐστιν ὁ φόβοσ τοῦ ἄρχοντοσ φιλάνθρωποσ καὶ οὐκ ἀγεννήσ· (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 4 5:3)
  • οἱ μὲν οὖν ἄλλοι κατεπεπλήγεσαν οἱ λοχαγοὶ καὶ οἱ ταξίαρχοι καὶ ὁ ἡγεμὼν αὐτὸσ καίτοι οὐκ ἀγεννὴσ ἄνθρωποσ ὤν· (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:4)

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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