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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative εὐγένεια εὐγενείᾱ εὐγένειαι
Genitive εὐγενείᾱς εὐγενείαιν εὐγενειῶν
Dative εὐγενείᾱͅ εὐγενείαιν εὐγενείαις
Accusative εὐγενείᾱν εὐγενείᾱ εὐγενείᾱς
Vocative εὐγενείᾱ εὐγενείᾱ εὐγένειαι

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

  • εὐγένειαν δοξάζει συμβίωσιν Θεοῦ ἔχουσα, καὶ ὁ πάντων δεσπότησ ἠγάπησεν αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 8:3)
  • ὅστισ δὲ πλοῦτον ἢ εὐγένειαν εἰσιδὼν γαμεῖ πονηράν, μῶρόσ ἐστι· (Euripides, episode, anapests 5:6)
  • προκαλούμεθ’ εὐγένειαν, ὦ γέρον, σέθεν· (Euripides, Heracles, episode 4:25)
  • περὶ δὲ Ἀθηναίων ἀνδρῶν τοὺ<σ> λόγου<σ> ποιούμενον, οἷσ ἡ κοινὴ γένεσισ α[ὐτόχ]θοσιν οὖσιν ἀνυπέρβλητ[ον] τὴν εὐγένειαν ἔχει, περίεργον ἡγοῦμαι εἶναι ἰδίᾳ [τὰ] γένη ἐγκωμιάζειν. (Hyperides, Speeches, <[E)pita/fios]> 7:3)
  • κἀγὼ μὲν εὐγένειαν ἀποδείξω πόλει, παίσασ πρὸσ ἧπαρ φασγάνῳ· (Euripides, episode, anapests 1:39)

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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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