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εὐγενής?

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: eugenēs

Principal Part: εὐγενής εὐγενές

Structure: εὐγενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: γένος

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 εὔγενες
Genitive εὐγενούς εὐγένους
Dative εὐγενεί εὐγένει
Accusative εὐγενή εὔγενες
Vocative εὐγενές εὔγενες
DualN/A/V εὐγενεί εὐγένει
G/D εὐγενοίν εὐγένοιν
PluralNominative εὐγενείς εὐγένη
Genitive εὐγενών εὐγένων
Dative εὐγενέσι(ν) εὐγένεσι(ν)
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 ἀφ᾿ 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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