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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

  • καὶ ἦν τὰ κτήνη αὐτοῦ πρόβατα ἑπτακισχίλια, κάμηλοι τρισχίλιαι, ζεύγη βοῶν πεντακόσια, θήλειαι ὄνοι νομάδεσ πεντακόσιαι, καὶ ὑπηρεσία πολλὴ σφόδρα καὶ ἔργα μεγάλα ἦν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. καὶ ἦν ὁ ἄνθρωποσ ἐκεῖνοσ εὐγενὴσ τῶν ἀφ̓ ἡλίου ἀνατολῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 1:3)
  • ὁ δὲ μεγαλόφρων καὶ εὐγενὴσ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ Ἐλεάζαροσ, ὥσπερ ἐν ὀνείρῳ βασανιζόμενοσ κατ’ οὐδένα τρόπον μετετρέπετο, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 6:5)
  • περὶ ὃν κατατεινόμενοσ ὁ εὐγενὴσ νεανίασ ἔξαρθροσ ἐγίνετο. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:13)
  • ταῖσ γὰρ πόλεσι ταῖσ Ποντικαῖσ καὶ ταῖσ Παφλαγονικαῖσ ἐπήγγελλε θεηκόλουσ πέμπειν εἰσ τριετίαν, ὑμνήσοντασ παρ’ αὐτῷ τὸν θεόν, καὶ ἔδει δοκιμασθέντασ καὶ προκριθέντασ τοὺσ εὐγενεστάτουσ καὶ ὡραιοτάτουσ καὶ κάλλει διαφέροντασ πεμφθῆναι· (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 41:2)
  • ἡ δὲ ἐλευθερία καὶ τὸ εὐγενὲσ αὐτοῖσ φυλέταισ καὶ φράτερσι φροῦδα πάντα καὶ οὐδὲ μνήμη τισ αὐτῶν. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 24:9)
  • Μενέλαε, προγόνων τ’ ἀξίωσ δόμων τε σῶν τεῖσαι δάμαρτα κἀφελοῦ, πρὸσ Ἑλλάδοσ, ψόγον τὸ θῆλύ τ’, εὐγενὴσ ἐχθροῖσ φανείσ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 4:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ὑμῶν φροντίσαιμ’ ἄν, ἢν ἐμοὶ ζῇ Λαμπιτὼ ἥ τε Θηβαία φίλη παῖσ εὐγενὴσ Ἰσμηνία. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, trochees1)

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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