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δυσγενής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δυσγενής δυσγενές

Structure: δυσγενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ge/nos

Sense

  1. low-born
  2. lowminded, low, mean

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δυσγενής δύσγενες
Genitive δυσγενούς δυσγένους
Dative δυσγενεί δυσγένει
Accusative δυσγενή δύσγενες
Vocative δυσγενές δύσγενες
DualN/A/V δυσγενεί δυσγένει
G/D δυσγενοίν δυσγένοιν
PluralNominative δυσγενείς δυσγένη
Genitive δυσγενών δυσγένων
Dative δυσγενέσιν* δυσγένεσιν*
Accusative δυσγενείς δυσγένη
Vocative δυσγενείς δυσγένη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δυσγενής δυσγενούς δυσγενέστερος δυσγενεστέρου δυσγενέστατος δυσγενεστάτου
Adverb δυσγενέως δυσγενέστερον δυσγενέστατα

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

  • οὐδὲ θάτερον νοσῶν δυοῖν κεκλήσῃ δυσγενὴσ πένησ θ’ ἅμα, ἀλλ’ εὐγενήσ τε καὶ πολυκτήμων βίου. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic7)
  • πέφυκα δυσγενήσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 1:10)
  • ἢ γὰρ πεφυκὼσ ἐσθλὸσ οὐκ ἔχει βίον, ἢ δυσγενὴσ ὤν ‐ ληκύθιον ἀπώλεσεν. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 2:10)
  • οὐ πάνυ γὰρ εὐδαιμονικὸσ ὁ τὴν ἰδέαν παναίσχησ ἢ δυσγενὴσ ἢ μονώτησ καὶ ἄτεκνοσ, ἔτι δ’ ἴσωσ ἧττον, εἴ τῳ πάγκακοι παῖδεσ εἰε͂ν ἢ φίλοι, ἢ ἀγαθοὶ ὄντεσ τεθνᾶσιν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 90:2)
  • "ὅταν εἰσ πενίαν λέγῃ πένησ ἢ δυσγενὴσ εἰσ δυσγένειαν ἢ ἐρῶν εἰσ ἔρωτα· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 2, 17:2)

Synonyms

  1. low-born

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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