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οἰκογενής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰκογενής οἰκογενές

Structure: οἰκογενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. born in the house, homebred

Examples

  • Ὑμνίδα τὴν Εὐάνδρου, ἐράσμιον αἰὲν ἄθυρμα οἰκογενέσ, κούρην αἱμύλον εἰναέτιν, ἡρ́πασασ, ὦ ἄλλιστ’ Αἴδη, τί πρόωρον ἐφιεὶσ μοῖραν τῇ πάντωσ σεῖὸ ποτ’ ἐσσομένῃ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6431)

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

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