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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

  • εὐγενῶσ θέλων ἀποθανεῖν ἤπερ τοῖσ ἀλιτηρίοισ ὑποχείριοσ γενέσθαι καὶ τῆσ ἰδίασ εὐγενείασ ἀναξίωσ ὑβρισθῆναι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 14:42)
  • οὕτωσ τὰ γενήματά σου περιόντα καὶ παρρησίαν εὐγενείασ ἔχοντα μεγαλυνοῦσι. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 26:21)
  • οὓσ ἰδὼν ὁ τύραννοσ καθάπερ ἐν χορῷ περιέχοντασ μέσην τὴν μητέρα, ἥσθη ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ καὶ τῆσ εὐπρεπείασ ἐκπλαγεὶσ καὶ τῆσ εὐγενείασ, προσεμειδίασεν αὐτοῖσ καὶ πλησίον καλέσασ ἔφη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 8:4)
  • δεινὸσ χαρακτὴρ κἀπίσημοσ ἐν βροτοῖσ ἐσθλῶν γενέσθαι, κἀπὶ μεῖζον ἔρχεται τῆσ εὐγενείασ ὄνομα τοῖσιν ἀξίοισ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 3:24)
  • Τοῦτο μὲν εὐγενείασ, ὦ Λυκῖνε, σημεῖόν ἐστιν Αἰγυπτίασ ἡ κόμη· (Lucian, 6:1)

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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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