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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

  • Καὶ δή τισ ἐν τοῖσ Ιἑροσολύμοισ ἀνὴρ ἐπιχώριοσ ἐξακριβάζειν δοκῶν τὰ νόμιμα, Σίμων ἦν ὄνομα τούτῳ, πλῆθοσ εἰσ ἐκκλησίαν ἁλίσασ τηνικάδε τοῦ βασιλέωσ εἰσ Καισάρειαν ἐκδεδημηκότοσ ἐτόλμησεν αὐτοῦ κατειπεῖν, ὡσ οὐχ ὅσιοσ εἰή, δικαίωσ δ’ ἂν εἴργοιτο τοῦ ναοῦ τῆσ εἰσόδου προσηκούσησ τοῖσ ἐγγενέσιν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 19 385:1)

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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