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

  • τῶν δὲ κατὰ τόπον στρατηγῶν Τιμόθεοσ καὶ Ἀπολλώνιοσ ὁ τοῦ Γενναίουσ, ἔτι δὲ Ἱερώνυμοσ καὶ Δημοφῶν, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ Νικάνωρ ὁ Κυπριάρχησ οὐκ εἴων αὐτοὺσ εὐσταθεῖσ καὶ τὰ τῆσ ἡσυχίασ ἄγειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:2)
  • ἔσχε τε αὐτοὺσ γενναίουσ καὶ ἀνδρείουσ εἰσ πεζομαχίαν καὶ πολιορκίαν καὶ ἐκπορθήσασ ἐνίκησε πάντασ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 17:24)
  • σκέψαι τοίνυν οἱούσ αὐτοὺσ παρ’ ἐμοῦ παρεδέξατο πρῶτον, εἰ γενναίουσ καὶ τετραπήχεισ, καὶ μὴ διαδρασιπολίτασ, μηδ’ ἀγοραίουσ μηδὲ κοβάλουσ ὥσπερ νῦν μηδὲ πανούργουσ, ἀλλὰ πνέοντασ δόρυ καὶ λόγχασ καὶ λευκολόφουσ τρυφαλείασ καὶ πήληκασ καὶ κνημῖδασ καὶ θυμοὺσ ἑπταβοείουσ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, Antepirrheme7)
  • καὶ τί σὺ δράσασ οὕτωσ αὐτοὺσ γενναίουσ ἐξεδίδαξασ; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, Antepirrheme10)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τοῖσ ῥυθμοῖσ καὶ τὸ τοὺσ σχηματισμοὺσ γενναίουσ εἶναι καὶ ἀξιωματικοὺσ οὐ μόνον τοὺσ κατὰ τὰσ νοήσεισ ἀλλὰ καὶ κατ’ αὐτὴν τὴν λέξιν συνισταμένουσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 393)

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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