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εὐγένεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐγένεια

Structure: εὐγενει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: eu)genh/s

Sense

  1. nobility of birth, high descent

Declension

First declension

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

  • μετὰ ποίασ τινὸσ ψυχῆσ ἕξεωσ κακὸν ἢ ἀγαθὸν ἐργάζεται, καὶ τί εὐγένειαι καὶ δυσγένειαι καὶ ἰδιωτεῖαι καὶ ἀρχαὶ καὶ ἰσχύεσ καὶ ἀσθένειαι καὶ εὐμαθίαι καὶ δυσμαθίαι καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα τῶν φύσει περὶ ψυχὴν ὄντων καὶ τῶν ἐπικτήτων τί συγκεραννύμενα πρὸσ ἄλληλα ἐργάζεται, ὥστε ἐξ ἁπάντων αὐτῶν δυνατὸν εἶναι συλλογισάμενον αἱρεῖσθαι, πρὸσ τὴν τῆσ ψυχῆσ φύσιν ἀποβλέποντα, τόν τε χείρω καὶ τὸν ἀμείνω βίον, χείρω μὲν καλοῦντα ὃσ αὐτὴν ἐκεῖσε ἄξει, εἰσ τὸ ἀδικωτέραν γίγνεσθαι, ἀμείνω δὲ ὅστισ εἰσ τὸ δικαιοτέραν. (Plato, Republic, book 10 459:1)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν εὐγένειαί γε καὶ δυνάμεισ καὶ τιμαὶ ἐν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ δῆλά ἐστιν ἀγαθὰ ὄντα. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 81:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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