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γενναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γενναῖος γενναῖη γενναῖον

Structure: γενναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ge/nna

Sense

  1. suitable to one's birth or descent, fits, my nobility
  2. high-born, noble by birth, well-bred
  3. noble in mind, high-minded, noble
  4. good of their kind, excellent, notable, genuine, intense
  5. nobly

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative γενναῖος γενναί͂ᾱ γενναῖον
Genitive γενναίου γενναί͂ᾱς γενναίου
Dative γενναίῳ γενναί͂ᾱͅ γενναίῳ
Accusative γενναῖον γενναί͂ᾱν γενναῖον
Vocative γενναῖε γενναί͂ᾱ γενναῖον
DualN/A/V γενναίω γενναί͂ᾱ γενναίω
G/D γενναίοιν γενναί͂αιν γενναίοιν
PluralNominative γενναῖοι γενναῖ͂αι γενναῖα
Genitive γενναίων γενναῖῶν γενναίων
Dative γενναίοις γενναί͂αις γενναίοις
Accusative γενναίους γενναί͂ᾱς γενναῖα
Vocative γενναῖοι γενναῖ͂αι γενναῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective γενναῖος γενναίου γενναιώτερος γενναιωτέρου γενναιώτατος γενναιωτάτου
Adverb γενναίως γενναιώτερον γενναιώτατα

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

  • ὡσ ὅσαι γε ἀγαθαὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὸν θυμόν γενναῖαι, ταύτασ δὲ οὐκ ἄν ποτε διαφύγοι λαγώσ, εἰ μή τισ δυσχωρία ἐμποδὼν γένοιτο, ἢ ὕλη ἀποκρύψασα, ἢ κατάδυσισ κοίλη καὶ βαθεῖα ἀφελομένη, ἢ τάφροσ διαδραμεῖν ἐν τῷ ἀφανεῖ παρασχοῦσα. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 2 3:2)
  • αὐτίκα ὅσαι σκυθρωπαὶ κύνεσ πρὸσ ἅπαντασ, οὐ γενναῖαι· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 7 1:1)
  • ὅσαι δὲ ἀνθρώπουσ δεδίασιν καὶ ὑπὸ ψόφου ἐκπλήσσονται καὶ θορυβώδεισ εἰσὶν καὶ ἐπὶ πολλὰ καὶ εἰκῇ κινοῦνται [ ‐ καὶ ταῦτα ἀλογίστων ἐστὶν καὶ οὐκ ἐμφρόνων ‐ ], καθάπερ ἄνθρωποι οἱ δειλοὶ καὶ ἔκφρονεσ, οὕτω δὲ καὶ αἱ κύνεσ αἱ τοιαῦται οὔποτε ἂν εἰε͂ν γενναῖαι. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 7 3:3)
  • εἰσὶ δὲ γενναῖαι σφόδρα καὶ τοὺσ βότρυσ φέρουσι μεγάλουσ, ὅταν οἱ παριόντεσ ἐπαφῶσιν αὐτούσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 56:10)

Synonyms

  1. high-born

  2. noble in mind

  3. nobly

Related

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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