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ἐγγενής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγγενής ἐγγενές

Structure: ἐγγενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. inborn, native, of the race or country
  2. born of the same race, kindred, like kinsmen
  3. inborn, innate

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐγγενής έ̓γγενες
Genitive ἐγγενούς ἐγγένους
Dative ἐγγενεί ἐγγένει
Accusative ἐγγενή έ̓γγενες
Vocative ἐγγενές έ̓γγενες
DualN/A/V ἐγγενεί ἐγγένει
G/D ἐγγενοίν ἐγγένοιν
PluralNominative ἐγγενείς ἐγγένη
Genitive ἐγγενών ἐγγένων
Dative ἐγγενέσιν* ἐγγένεσιν*
Accusative ἐγγενείς ἐγγένη
Vocative ἐγγενείς ἐγγένη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐγγενής ἐγγενούς ἐγγενέστερος ἐγγενεστέρου ἐγγενέστατος ἐγγενεστάτου
Adverb ἐγγενέως ἐγγενέστερον ἐγγενέστατα

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

  • ἐπεὶ τίσ ηὔχει τήνδ’ ἀνέλπιστον φυγὴν κέλσειν ἐσ Ἄργοσ κῆδοσ ἐγγενὲσ τὸ πρίν, ἔχθει μεταπτοιοῦσαν εὐναίων γάμων; (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 8:8)
  • ἔγαμεν ὑψιθρόνων μίαν Νηρεί̈δων, εἶδεν δ’ εὔκυκλον ἕδραν, τᾶσ οὐρανοῦ βασιλῆεσ πόντου τ’ ἐφεζόμενοι δῶρα καὶ κράτοσ ἐξέφαναν ἐγγενὲσ αὐτῷ. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 4 19:1)
  • Κάστοροσ δ’ ἐλθόντοσ ἐπὶ ξενίαν πὰρ Παμφάη καὶ κασιγνήτου Πολυδεύκεοσ, οὐ θαῦμα σφίσιν ἐγγενὲσ ἔμμεν ἀεθληταῖσ ἀγαθοῖσιν· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 10 17:1)

Synonyms

  1. inborn

  2. inborn

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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