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εὐγένειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐγένειος

Structure: εὐγενει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ge/neion

Sense

  1. well-maned, well-bearded

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ μὴν εὐγένειαί γε καὶ δυνάμεισ καὶ τιμαὶ ἐν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ δῆλά ἐστιν ἀγαθὰ ὄντα. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 81:2)
  • 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)

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

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