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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

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εὐγενής εύ̓γενες
Genitive εὐγενούς εὐγένους
Dative εὐγενεί εὐγένει
Accusative εὐγενή εύ̓γενες
Vocative εὐγενές εύ̓γενες
DualN/A/V εὐγενεί εὐγένει
G/D εὐγενοίν εὐγένοιν
PluralNominative εὐγενείς εὐγένη
Genitive εὐγενών εὐγένων
Dative εὐγενέσιν* εὐγένεσιν*
Accusative εὐγενείς εὐγένη
Vocative εὐγενείς εὐγένη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὐγενής εὐγενούς εὐγενέστερος εὐγενεστέρου εὐγενέστατος εὐγενεστάτου
Adverb εὐγενέως εὐγενέστερον εὐγενέστατα

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

  • τελέωσ δ’ ἐκκλησιάσαιμεν Ἀθηναίων εὐγενεῖσ γυναῖκεσ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Parodos, lyric5)
  • οὐ μὴ ἀφρονήσεθ’, οἳ κενῶν δοξασμάτων πλήρεισ πλανᾶσθε, τῇ δ’ ὁμιλίᾳ βροτοὺσ κρινεῖτε καὶ τοῖσ ἤθεσιν τοὺσ εὐγενεῖσ; (Euripides, episode 5:16)
  • εἴπερ εἰσὶν ὡσ δοκοῦσιν εὐγενεῖσ, οὐκ ἔν τε μικροῖσ ἔν τε μὴ στέρξουσ’ ὁμῶσ; (Euripides, episode 7:5)
  • ἀλλ’ εὐγενεῖσ μέν, ἐν δὲ κιβδήλῳ τόδε· (Euripides, episode 3:3)
  • πολλοὶ γὰρ ὄντεσ εὐγενεῖσ εἰσιν κακοί. (Euripides, episode 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. noble-minded

  2. high-bred

  3. noble

  4. nobly

Similar forms

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

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