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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

  • ὅθεν κατηγορούμενοσ ὑπὸ τῶν φίλων πρὸσ τὸν Εὐπάτορα καὶ προδότησ παρέκαστα ἀκούων διὰ τὸ τὴν Κύπρον ἐμπιστευθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ Φιλομήτοροσ ἐκλιπεῖν καὶ πρὸσ Ἀντίοχον τὸν Ἐπιφανῆ ἀναχωρῆσαι μήτ̓ εὐγενῆ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἔχων, ὑπ̓ ἀθυμίασ φαρμακεύσασ ἑαυτὸν ἐξέλιπε τὸν βίον. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:13)
  • μιμήσασθέ με, ἀδελφοί, λέγων, μή μου τὸν αἰῶνα λιποτακτήσητε μηδ’ ἐξομόσησθέ μου τὴν τῆσ εὐψυχίασ ἀδελφότητα. ἱερὰν καὶ εὐγενῆ στρατείαν στρατεύσασθε ὑπὲρ τῆσ εὐσεβείασ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:23)
  • ὡσ δὲ εἰ φαγεῖν βούλοιτο πρὶν βασανίζεσθαι πυνθανόμενοι τὴν εὐγενῆ γνώμην ἤκουσαν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:27)
  • οὐκ ἐξόμνυμαι τὴν εὐγενῆ τῆσ ἀδελφότητόσ μου συγγένειαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 10:3)
  • μὰ τὸν μακάριον τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου θάνατον καὶ τὸν αἰώνιον τοῦ τυράννου ὄλεθρον καὶ τὸν ἀί̈διον τῶν εὐσεβῶν βίον οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι τὴν εὐγενῆ ἀδελφότητα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 10:15)

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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