δυσγενής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δυσ- (dus-, “ill, bad”) + -γενής (-genḗs, “of race or stock”); literally “bad of race”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dyz.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dyz.ɡeˈne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðyz.ʝeˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðyz.ʝeˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiz.ʝeˈnis/
Adjective
δῠσγενής • (dusgenḗs) m or f (neuter δῠσγενές); third declension
- lowborn, lowly born
Inflection
Third declension of δῠσγενής; δῠσγενές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δῠσγενής dusgenḗs | δῠσγενές dusgenés | δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî | δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî | δῠσγενεῖς dusgeneîs | δῠσγενῆ dusgenê | ||||||||
Genitive | δῠσγενοῦς dusgenoûs | δῠσγενοῦς dusgenoûs | δῠσγενοῖν dusgenoîn | δῠσγενοῖν dusgenoîn | δῠσγενῶν dusgenôn | δῠσγενῶν dusgenôn | ||||||||
Dative | δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî | δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî | δῠσγενοῖν dusgenoîn | δῠσγενοῖν dusgenoîn | δῠσγενέσῐ / δῠσγενέσῐν dusgenési(n) | δῠσγενέσῐ / δῠσγενέσῐν dusgenési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | δῠσγενῆ dusgenê | δῠσγενές dusgenés | δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî | δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî | δῠσγενεῖς dusgeneîs | δῠσγενῆ dusgenê | ||||||||
Vocative | δῠσγενές dusgenés | δῠσγενές dusgenés | δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî | δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî | δῠσγενεῖς dusgeneîs | δῠσγενῆ dusgenê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῠσγενῶς dusgenôs | δῠσγενέστερος dusgenésteros | δῠσγενέστᾰτος dusgenéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Antonyms
- εὐγενής (eugenḗs)
Derived terms
- δυσγενῶς (dusgenôs, adverb) (Hellenistic)
Further reading
- “δυσγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δυσγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δυσγενής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δυσγενής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)