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συγγενής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: συγγενής συγγενές

Structure: συγγενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. born with, congenital, innate, natural, inborn
  2. of the same family, akin to, related
  3. (substantive) kinsman, relative
  4. (neuter substantive) relationship
  5. (figuratively) akin, of like kind

Examples

  • ἐπιστὰσ δὲ ταῖσ θύραισ ἄφνω καὶ σπασάμενοσ τὸ ξίφοσ, παρασκευάσασθαι μὲν ἔφησεν οἰκέτην ἐπιτήδειον εἰσ ἀναίρεσιν, συγκατασφάξειν δὲ κἀκείνην, ὡσ ἐπὶ μοιχείᾳ κατειλημμένην καὶ τετευχυῖαν τῆσ προσηκούσησ τιμωρίασ ὑπὸ τοῦ συγγενεστάτου τῷ συνοικοῦντι. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri x, chapter 20 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. born with

  2. of the same family

  3. akin

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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