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γενναιότης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γενναιότης γενναιότες

Structure: γενναιοτη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gennai=os

Sense

  1. nobleness of character, nobility, fertility

Examples

  • γενναιότησ σοι, καὶ τρόπων τεκμήριον τὸ σχῆμ’ ἔχεισ τόδ’, ἥτισ εἶ ποτ’, ὦ γύναι. (Euripides, Ion, episode1)
  • γενναιότησ σοι, μωρία δ’ ἔνεστί τισ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, iambic 4:10)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ ἡ τῆσ χώρασ γενναιότησ, εἰσ ἣν ἀφίξονται, καὶ τὸ μέγεθοσ, ἔτι δὲ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἡ προθυμία, μεθ’ ὧν μέλλουσι ποιεῖσθαι τοὺσ ἀγῶνασ πρὸσ τὰσ τῶν Ῥωμαίων δυνάμεισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 44 8:1)

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

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