ἀγενής

ἀγενής

See also: αγενής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ γένος (génos, “birth, offspring, stock”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix). Compare εὐγενής (eugenḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/ → /a.ʝeˈnis/ → /a.ʝeˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡeˈne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝeˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ʝeˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ʝeˈnis/

Adjective

ἀγενής • (agenḗs) m or f (neuter ἀγενές); third declension

1. unborn, uncreated
   • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 27C
2. of no family, ignoble, mean, cowardly, vile
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 84
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.568
3. with no family, childless
   • 4th century BC, Isaeus, Menecles 10

Inflection

Third declension of ἀγενής; ἀγενές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀγενής agenḗs	ἀγενές agenés		ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενεῖ ageneî		ἀγενεῖς ageneîs	ἀγενῆ agenê
Genitive		ἀγενοῦς agenoûs	ἀγενοῦς agenoûs		ἀγενοῖν agenoîn	ἀγενοῖν agenoîn		ἀγενῶν agenôn	ἀγενῶν agenôn
Dative		ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενεῖ ageneî		ἀγενοῖν agenoîn	ἀγενοῖν agenoîn		ἀγενέσῐ / ἀγενέσῐν agenési(n)	ἀγενέσῐ / ἀγενέσῐν agenési(n)
Accusative		ἀγενῆ agenê	ἀγενές agenés		ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενεῖ ageneî		ἀγενεῖς ageneîs	ἀγενῆ agenê
Vocative		ἀγενές agenés	ἀγενές agenés		ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενεῖ ageneî		ἀγενεῖς ageneîs	ἀγενῆ agenê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀγενῶς agenôs			ἀγενέστερος agenésteros			ἀγενέστᾰτος agenéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγενής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγενής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• G36 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible