Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐγενής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐγενής εὐγενές

Structure: εὐγενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ge/nos

Sense

  1. well-born, of noble race, of high descent, a mark of nobility
  2. noble-minded, generous
  3. high-bred, noble, generous, fertile
  4. noble
  5. nobly, bravely

Examples

  • ὦ φίλτατ’, ὦ περισσὰ τιμηθεὶσ τέκνον, θανῇ πρὸσ ἐχθρῶν μητέρ’ ἀθλίαν λιπών, ἡ τοῦ πατρὸσ δέ σ’ εὐγένει’ ἀποκτενεῖ, ἣ τοῖσιν ἄλλοισ γίγνεται σωτηρία, τὸ δ’ ἐσθλὸν οὐκ ἐσ καιρὸν ἦλθε σοὶ πατρόσ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 5:1)
  • ταύτην μάλιστα τῆσ κόρησ ἀσπάζεται, ὡσ μὴ μιάνῃ βωμὸν εὐγενεῖ φόνῳ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 1:9)
  • Κρέων γὰρ ἦν ζηλωτόσ, ὡσ ἐμοί, ποτέ, σώσασ μὲν ἐχθρῶν τήνδε Καδμείαν χθόνα λαβών τε χώρασ παντελῆ μοναρχίαν ηὔθυνε, θάλλων εὐγενεῖ τέκνων σπορᾷ· (Sophocles, Antigone, episode4)
  • ἦν γὰρ ἐκ τῆσ Κόνωνοσ οἰκίασ, ὡσ Φαβωρῖνοσ ἐν πρώτῳ τῶν Ἀπομνημονευμάτων φησίν, ἀλλ’ ἀστῇ καὶ εὐγενεῖ συνῴκει Λαμίᾳ τῇ ἐρωμένῃ, καθάπερ ὁ αὐτὸσ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ φησίν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. e'. DHMHTRIOS 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. noble-minded

  2. high-bred

  3. noble

  4. nobly

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

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