Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ εἰ πένησ ἔφυν, οὔτοι τό γ’ ἦθοσ δυσγενὲσ παρέξομαι. (Euripides, episode 4:25)
  • τοῦτο δ’ αὐτὸ βούλομαι εὐκλεῶσ πρᾶξαι, παρεῖσά γ’ ἐκποδὼν τὸ δυσγενέσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, trochees 1:3)
  • διδούσ γε μὲν δὴ δυσγενὲσ μηδὲν δίδου. (Euripides, Helen, episode 4:12)

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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