Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • λέξω δὲ καὶ αὐτόσ, ἀφ̓ οἱών τινῶν χρὴ τεκμαίρεσθαι τὰσ ὠκείασ τε καὶ γενναίασ, καὶ τίσιν ἂν προσέχων τισ τὸν νοῦν τὰσ ἀγεννεῖσ τε καὶ βραδείασ ἀποκρίνειεν αὐτῶν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 4 1:1)
  • σκέλη στρογγύλα ὀρθὰ εὐπαγῆ, πλευρὰσ γενναίασ· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 9:2)
  • χρὴ δὲ ἔλαφον ἤ τι ἄλλο ἐσ μέγεθοσ προῆκον τοσόνδε τόνδε τὸν τρόπον θηρᾶν, ἐφιέντα τὰσ κύνασ τὰσ γενναίασ· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 23 1:1)
  • εἶτα δὲ ὑφελόντα ἄλλαισ παραδιδόναι κυσὶν ἐπιλεγόμενον γενναίασ· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 30 1:2)
  • ὡσ ἐγὼ οἶμαι, γενναίασ· (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 1:24)

Synonyms

  1. high-born

  2. noble in mind

  3. nobly

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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