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εὐαγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐαγής εὐαγές

Structure: εὐαγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gos

Sense

  1. free from pollution, guiltless, pure, undefiled
  2. holy, righteous
  3. purificatory

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εὐαγής εύ̓αγες
Genitive εὐαγούς εὐάγους
Dative εὐαγεί εὐάγει
Accusative εὐαγή εύ̓αγες
Vocative εὐαγές εύ̓αγες
DualN/A/V εὐαγεί εὐάγει
G/D εὐαγοίν εὐάγοιν
PluralNominative εὐαγείς εὐάγη
Genitive εὐαγών εὐάγων
Dative εὐαγέσιν* εὐάγεσιν*
Accusative εὐαγείς εὐάγη
Vocative εὐαγείς εὐάγη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὐαγής εὐαγούς εὐαγέστερος εὐαγεστέρου εὐαγέστατος εὐαγεστάτου
Adverb εὐαγέως εὐαγέστερον εὐαγέστατα

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

  • μᾶλλον δ’, ὥσπερ αἱ πόλεισ ἔχουσί τινασ πύλασ ἀποφράδασ καὶ σκυθρωπάσ, δι’ ὧν ἐξάγουσι τοὺσ θανατουμένουσ καὶ τὰ λύματα καὶ τοὺσ καθαρμοὺσ ἐκβάλλουσιν, εὐαγὲσ δ’ οὐδὲν οὐδ’ ἱερὸν εἴσεισι οὐδ’ ἔξεισι δι’ αὐτῶν οὕτω καὶ τὰ τῶν πολυπραγμόνων ὦτα χρηστὸν οὐδὲν οὐδ’ ἀστεῖον ἀλλ’ οἱ φονικοὶ λόγοι διέρχονται καὶ τρίβουσιν ἐν, ἐκθύσιμα καὶ μιαρὰ διηγήματα παρακομίζοντεσ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 6 2:2)
  • μᾶλλον δ’ , ὥσπερ αἱ πόλεισ ἔχουσί τινασ πύλασ ἀποφράδασ καὶ σκυθρωπάσ, δι’ ὧν ἐξάγουσι τοὺσ θανατουμένουσ καὶ τὰ λύματα καὶ τοὺσ καθαρμοὺσ ἐκβάλλουσιν, εὐαγὲσ δ’ οὐδὲν οὐδ’ ἱερὸν εἴσεισι οὐδ’ ἔξεισι δι’ αὐτῶν· (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 6 5:2)
  • τοῦτο δ’ οὐκ εὐαγέσ μοι ἀπέβη. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 2 14:1)
  • Ἀριστοτέλησ δὲ μάλιστά φησι καὶ τοὺσ ἐφόρουσ, ὅταν εἰσ τὴν ἀρχὴν καταστῶσι πρῶτον, τοῖσ εἵλωσι καταγγέλλειν πόλεμον, ὅπωσ εὐαγὲσ ᾖ τὸ ἀνελεῖν. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 28 4:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐν τοῖσ φονικοῖσ γέγραπται νόμοισ, ὑπὲρ ὧν ἂν μὴ διδῷ φόνου δικάσασθαι, ἀλλ’ εὐαγὲσ ᾖ τὸ ἀποκτεῖναι, καὶ ἄτιμοσ φησὶ τεθνάτω. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 52:3)

Synonyms

  1. free from pollution

  2. holy

Derived

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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