Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

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

  • κατὰ δὲ τὴν Κύπρον Εὐαγόρασ ὁ Σαλαμίνιοσ, ὃσ ἦν μὲν εὐγενέστατοσ, τῶν γὰρ κτισάντων τὴν πόλιν ἦν ἀπόγονοσ, πεφευγὼσ δ’ ἐν τοῖσ ἔμπροσθεν χρόνοισ διά τινασ στάσεισ, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα κατελθὼν μετ’ ὀλίγων, τὸν μὲν δυναστεύοντα τῆσ πόλεωσ Ἀβδήμονα τὸν Τύρσιον ἐξέβαλε, φίλον ὄντα τοῦ Περσῶν βασιλέωσ, αὐτὸσ δὲ τὴν πόλιν κατασχὼν τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐβασίλευσε τῆσ Σαλαμῖνοσ, μεγίστησ οὔσησ καὶ δυνατωτάτησ τῶν ἐν Κύπρῳ πόλεων· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 98 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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