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καλλιγένεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καλλιγένεια

Structure: καλλιγενει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: ge/nos

Sense

  1. bearer of a fair offspring

Declension

First declension

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

  • εὔχεσθε τοῖν Θεσμοφόροιν τῇ Δήμητρι καὶ τῇ Κόρῃ καὶ τῷ Πλούτῳ καὶ τῇ Καλλιγενείᾳ καὶ τῇ Κουροτρόφῳ τῇ Γῇ καὶ τῷ Ἑρμῇ καὶ Χάρισιν ἐκκλησίαν τήνδε καὶ σύνοδον τὴν νῦν κάλλιστα καὶ ἄριστα ποιῆσαι, πολυωφελῶσ μὲν πόλει τῇ Ἀθηναίων τυχηρῶσ δ’ ἡμῖν αὐταῖσ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Parodos, prologue2)

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

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