εὐγενής
See also: ευγενής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + γένος (génos, “birth, offspring, stock”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix) from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “become”). Compare Εὐγένιος (Eugénios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ew.ɡeˈne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eβ.ʝeˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ev.ʝeˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ev.ʝeˈnis/
Adjective
εὐγενής • (eugenḗs) m or f (neuter εὐγενές); third declension
- well-born, noble
- (in Tragedy, figurative) noble-minded, generous
- (of animals) well-bred, thoroughbred
- (of a wife, figurative) fertile, fecund
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Cato the Younger 25.2:
- ὥσπερ εὐγενῆ χώραν ἐντεκνώσασθαι παράσχῃ
- hṓsper eugenê khṓran enteknṓsasthai paráskhēi
- to give her in turn to him as noble soil for the production of children
- ὥσπερ εὐγενῆ χώραν ἐντεκνώσασθαι παράσχῃ
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | εὐγενής eugenḗs |
εὐγενές eugenés |
εὐγενεῖ eugeneî |
εὐγενεῖ eugeneî |
εὐγενεῖς eugeneîs |
εὐγενῆ eugenê | ||||||||
Genitive | εὐγενοῦς eugenoûs |
εὐγενοῦς eugenoûs |
εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn |
εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn |
εὐγενῶν eugenôn |
εὐγενῶν eugenôn | ||||||||
Dative | εὐγενεῖ eugeneî |
εὐγενεῖ eugeneî |
εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn |
εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn |
εὐγενέσῐ / εὐγενέσῐν eugenési(n) |
εὐγενέσῐ / εὐγενέσῐν eugenési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | εὐγενῆ eugenê |
εὐγενές eugenés |
εὐγενεῖ eugeneî |
εὐγενεῖ eugeneî |
εὐγενεῖς eugeneîs |
εὐγενῆ eugenê | ||||||||
Vocative | εὐγενές eugenés |
εὐγενές eugenés |
εὐγενεῖ eugeneî |
εὐγενεῖ eugeneî |
εὐγενεῖς eugeneîs |
εὐγενῆ eugenê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
εὐγενῶς eugenôs |
εὐγενέστερος eugenésteros |
εὐγενέστᾰτος eugenéstatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | εὐγενής eugenḗs |
εὐγενές eugenés |
εὐγενεῖ / εὐγενέε eugeneî / eugenée |
εὐγενεῖ / εὐγενέε eugeneî / eugenée |
εὐγενεῖς / εὐγενέες eugeneîs / eugenées |
εὐγενέᾰ eugenéa | ||||||||
Genitive | εὐγενέος / εὐγενεῦς eugenéos / eugeneûs |
εὐγενέος / εὐγενεῦς eugenéos / eugeneûs |
εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn |
εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn |
εὐγενέων eugenéōn |
εὐγενέων eugenéōn | ||||||||
Dative | εὐγενεῖ / εὐγενέῐ̈ eugeneî / eugenéï |
εὐγενεῖ / εὐγενέῐ̈ eugeneî / eugenéï |
εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn |
εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn |
εὐγενέσῐ / εὐγενέσῐν eugenési(n) |
εὐγενέσῐ / εὐγενέσῐν eugenési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | εὐγενέᾰ eugenéa |
εὐγενές eugenés |
εὐγενεῖ / εὐγενέε eugeneî / eugenée |
εὐγενεῖ / εὐγενέε eugeneî / eugenée |
εὐγενέᾰς eugenéas |
εὐγενέᾰ eugenéa | ||||||||
Vocative | εὐγενές eugenés |
εὐγενές eugenés |
εὐγενεῖ / εὐγενέε eugeneî / eugenée |
εὐγενεῖ / εὐγενέε eugeneî / eugenée |
εὐγενεῖς / εὐγενέες eugeneîs / eugenées |
εὐγενέᾰ eugenéa | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
εὐγενέως eugenéōs |
εὐγενέστερος eugenésteros |
εὐγενέστᾰτος eugenéstatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Antonyms
- ἀγενής (agenḗs, “of no family, ignoble”)
Derived terms
- εὐγένεια (eugéneia, noun)
- εὐγενίᾱ (eugeníā, noun)
- εὐγενῶς (eugenôs, adverb)
Descendants
- Greek: ευγενής (evgenís)
References
- “εὐγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὐγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὐγενής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2104 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bred idem, page 97.
- degree idem, page 206.
- geatleman idem, page 355.
- generous idem, page 356.
- gentle idem, page 357.
- good idem, page 366.
- great idem, page 372.
- high-born idem, page 400.
- high-minded idem, page 400.
- honourable idem, page 405.
- ingenuous idem, page 440.
- liberal idem, page 488.
- noble idem, page 559.
- patrician idem, page 599.
- thoroughbred idem, page 868.
- well-born idem, page 974.
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