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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

  • τοῖσ δὲ νέοισ ὑπόδειγμα γενναῖον καταλελοιπὼσ εἰσ τὸ προθύμωσ καὶ γενναίωσ ὑπὲρ τῶν σεμνῶν καὶ ἁγίων νόμων ἀπευθανατίζειν. τοσαῦτα δὲ εἰπὼν ἐπὶ τὸ τύμπανον εὐθέωσ ἦλθε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:28)
  • ὁ δ’ ἢν μὲν ἔχῃ τι γενναῖον καὶ ἐλεύθερον καὶ παρρησιαστικόν, εὐθὺσ ἐξέρρηξε τὴν ὀργὴν καὶ τὸν θυμὸν ἐξέχεε, καὶ τέλοσ τὴν ἀπολογίαν προσιέμενοσ ἔγνω μάτην κατὰ τοῦ φίλου παρωξυμμένοσ. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 23:2)
  • θήλειαι δέ, ὅσαι διά τὸ γενναῖον καὶ μυῶδεσ τοῦ σώματοσ ἄρρεσιν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 6 2:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖνο, ὅπωσ καὶ ὁρ́ον ἡμῖν τινα γενναῖον ἀποδῷσ τῆσ παρασιτικῆσ. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 9:2)
  • Ὑπερίδησ δὲ καὶ Δημοσθένησ καὶ Λυκοῦργοσ, οἳ γε δοκοῦντεσ ἀνδρειότεροι κἀν ταῖσ ἐκκλησίαισ ἀεὶ θορυβοῦντεσ καὶ λοιδορούμενοι τῷ Φιλίππῳ, τί ποτε ἀπειργάσαντο γενναῖον ἐν τῷ πρὸσ αὐτὸν πολέμῳ; (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 42:9)
  • εἰκὸσ δὲ ἤδη νεανίαν εἶναι καὶ μάλα γενναῖόν τε καὶ καλὸν ἰδεῖν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton and nhrides, chapter 1 1:6)

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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