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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

  • ὥστε μὴ μειρακιεῦου πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, ἀλλὰ λέγε θαρρῶν ἤδη τὰ δοκοῦντα, μηδὲν αἰδεσθεὶσ εἰ ἀγένειοσ ὢν δημηγορήσεισ, καὶ ταῦτα βαθυπώγωνα καὶ εὐγένειον οὕτωσ υἱὸν ἔχων τὸν Ἀσκληπιόν. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 26:4)
  • ἔστι δὲ τῶν δήμων Πιτθεύσ, εἴ τινα νῷ ἔχεισ Πιτθέα Μέλητον οἱο͂ν τετανότριχα καὶ οὐ πάνυ εὐγένειον, ἐπίγρυπον δέ. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 3:10)

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

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