Ancient Greek Dictionary

  - Greek-English Dictionary
Ancient Greek Dictionary  - Greek-English Dictionary  - Korean-Greek Dictionary  - Dictionary Indices
Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐαγής?

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration: euagēs

Principal Part: εὐαγής εὐαγές

Structure: εὐαγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ἄγος

Sense

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

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εὐαγής εὔαγες
Genitive εὐαγούς εὐάγους
Dative εὐαγεί εὐάγει
Accusative εὐαγή εὔαγες
Vocative εὐαγές εὔαγες
DualN/A/V εὐαγεί εὐάγει
G/D εὐαγοίν εὐάγοιν
PluralNominative εὐαγείς εὐάγη
Genitive εὐαγών εὐάγων
Dative εὐαγέσι(ν) εὐάγεσι(ν)
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)
  • ὁ δὲ ἀποκτείνας τὸν ταῦτα ποιήσαντα καὶ ὁ συμβουλεύσας ὅσιος ἔστω καὶ εὐαγής. (Andocides, Speeches, 159:1)

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.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION