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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

  • μέμνημαι γάρ, ὦ γενναῖε, τῶν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ προρρήσεων καὶ ἀποπλανᾶν οὐ βούλομαι τὸν λόγον, μή σου ἐπιταράξῃ τὴν μνήμην ἐπιρρέων. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 21:11)
  • μὴ ἐρήμην, ὦ γενναῖε, μηδὲ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀπόντων μόνοσ αὐτὸσ λέγων οἰού κρατεῖν ἔσται γάρ τισ ὁ καὶ ὑπὲρ ἐκείνων σοι τὰ εἰκότα ἐν Σπάρτῃ ἀντερῶν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 40:1)
  • ὦ γενναῖε, σύ μοι δοκεῖσ ἀνήκοοσ εἶναι καὶ τῶν ἀναγραψάντων τοὺσ ἐκείνων βίουσ, ἐπεὶ πάντωσ ἂν καὶ ἐπιγνῶναι οὕστινασ λέγω δύναιο. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 31:8)
  • θεῶ δὴ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ, ὦ γενναῖε, καθ’ ἕκαστον καὶ δοκίμαζε τὰ σώματα. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 40:4)
  • ὦ γενναῖε, ταῦτα μὲν ἤδη καὶ παρ’ ἄλλων ἐπυθόμην, οὐ μὰ Δία σκώπτειν αὐτοὺσ καὶ ὀνειδίζειν βουλομένων ὥστε οὐδέν τί μοι δοκεῖσ χαριζόμενοσ τῇ σεαυτοῦ τέχνῃ καταψεύδεσθαι τῶν ἀνδρῶν. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 43:11)

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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