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νοθαγενής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νοθαγενής νοθαγενές

Structure: νοθαγενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: doric and poet. for noqhgenh/s

Sense

  1. base-born

Examples

  • εἶναί φασι τὰσ αὐτόχθονασ κλεινὰσ Ἀθήνασ οὐκ ἐπείσακτον γένοσ, ἵν’ ἐσπεσοῦμαι δύο νόσω κεκτημένοσ, πατρόσ τ’ ἐπακτοῦ καὐτὸσ ὢν νοθαγενήσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic14)

Synonyms

  1. base-born

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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