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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

  • ἕκαστον δὲ αὐτῶν παρεκάλει τῇ πατρίῳ φωνῇ γενναίῳ πεπληρωμένη φρονήματι καὶ τὸν θῆλυν λογισμὸν ἄρσενι θυμῷ διεγείρασα, λέγουσα πρὸσ αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:21)
  • τοιούτουσ δὴ δεῖ εἶναι τοὺσ ἱερουργοῦντασ τὸν νόμον ἰδίῳ αἵματι καὶ γενναίῳ ἱδρῶτι τοῖσ μέχρι θανάτου πάθεσιν ὑπερασπίζοντασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:8)
  • "ἐμοῦ μὲν γὰρ ἀνάξιόσ ἐστι καὶ τῆσ ἐμῆσ δεξιᾶσ, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπ’ ἔργῳ λαμπρῷ καὶ νεανικῷ καὶ γενναίῳ ἀνῃρημένοσ,^ καταισχύνων κἀκείνην τὴν σφαγήν ἄξιον δέ τινα δεῖ ζητῆσαι δήμιον, ἀλλαγὴν συμφορᾶσ μηδὲ τὴν αὐτὴν κερδαίνειν. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 8:5)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ τοῦτ’ ἦν φόβου πολλοῦ πλέων, μή τῳ λαθραίωσ τέκνα γενναίῳ τέκοι, κτανεῖν σφε βουλεύσαντοσ, ὠμόφρων ὅμωσ μήτηρ νιν ἐξέσῳσεν Αἰγίσθου χερόσ. (Euripides, episode 2:1)
  • τῷ δὲ γενναίῳ φύσιν ἄνολβα ταῦτα. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 2:9)

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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