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μονογενής

Third declension Adjective; 기독교 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μονογενής μονογενές

Structure: μονογενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. being the only member of a kin or kind, (Christianity, of Christ) only-begotten of God

Examples

  • ρῦσαι ἀπὸ ῥομφαίασ τὴν ψυχήν μου, καὶ ἐκ χειρὸσ κυνὸσ τὴν μονογενῆ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 21:21)
  • Κύριε, πότε ἐπόψῃ̣ ἀποκατάστησον τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ τῆσ κακουργίασ αὐτῶν, ἀπὸ λεόντων τὴν μονογενῆ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 34:17)
  • "προσαγορεύειν ἐν οἷσ τε μάχεται τοῖσ ἀπείρουσ κόσμουσ ὑποτιθεμένοισ, αὑτῷ δή φησὶ δοκεῖν ἕνα τοῦτον εἶναι μονογενῆ τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἀγαπητόν, ἐκ τοῦ σωματοειδοῦσ παντὸσ ὅλον καὶ τέλειον καὶ αὐτάρκη γεγενημένον. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 23 4:4)
  • "ἔπειτα τῷ λόγῳ μᾶλλον ἕπεται τὸ τῷ θεῷ μὴ μονογενῆ μηδ’ ἔρημον εἶναι τὸν κόσμον. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 243)
  • υἱὸν δὲ λέγεται μονογενῆ καταλιπεῖν Ἀντίωρον οὗ τελευτήσαντοσ ἀτέκνου τὸ γένοσ ἐξέλιπεν. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 31 4:2)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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