Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀγέννητος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγέννητος ἀγέννητη ἀγέννητον

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

Etym.: genna/w

Sense

  1. unbegotten, unborn
  2. low-born

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ ἐκ μεταβολῆσ ἀθανάτοισ γενομένοισ γεννητοῖσ ὁ πάτριοσ λόγοσ τὸν θεὸν τοῦτον ἀπολείπει δαίμοσιν, ὥσπερ Ἡρακλέα καὶ Διόνυσον, ἐκ μεταβολῆσ ἀρετῇ τὸ θνητὸν καὶ παθητὸν ἀποβαλόντασ, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἀϊδίων καὶ ἀγεννήτων εἷσ ἐστιν, εἰ δεῖ τοῖσ ὑπὸ τῶν φρονιμωτάτων καὶ παλαιοτάτων λεγομένοισ τεκμαίρεσθαι περὶ τῶν τηλικούτων. (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 16 5:2)
  • ὦ τέκνον, ὦ παῖ, κἀξ ἀγεννήτων ἄρα μῦθοι καλῶσ πίπτουσιν· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. low-born

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

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