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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

  • καὶ ὀρχοῦνταί γε ταῦτα οἱ εὐγενέστατοι καὶ πρωτεύοντεσ ἐν ἑκάστῃ τῶν πόλεων, οὐχ ὅπωσ αἰδούμενοι ἀλλὰ καὶ μέγα φρονοῦντεσ ἐπὶ τῷ πράγματι μᾶλλον ἤπερ ^ ἐπ’ εὐγενείαισ καὶ λειτουργίαισ καὶ ἀξιώμασι προγονικοῖσ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 79:4)
  • τὸ γὰρ πρωτεύοντασ ἄνδρασ ταῖσ δόξαισ καὶ ταῖσ εὐγενείαισ, πολλὰ πεπραχότασ ἐν τῷ ζῆν φιλάνθρωπα, μήτε λόγου μήτε κρίσεωσ δικαίασ τυγχάνειν πολλοὺσ ἦγεν εἰσ ἐπίστασιν διανοίασ καὶ φόβον, ἀστάτου καὶ κοινῆσ ἅπασι τῆσ τύχησ οὔσησ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 18, chapter 67 4:1)
  • ἐφ’ οἷσ βαρέωσ ἔφερον οἱ καυχώμενοι ταῖσ εὐγενείαισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 36 3:1)

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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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