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ἀγενής

ἀγενής

See also: αγενής

Ancient Greek

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

Declension of ἀγενής; ἀγενές (Uncontracted)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀγενής	ἀγενές		ἀγενέε	ἀγενέε		ἀγενέες	ἀγενέᾰ
Genitive	ἀγενέος	ἀγενέος		ἀγενέοιν	ἀγενέοιν		ἀγενέων	ἀγενέων
Dative	ἀγενέῐ̈	ἀγενέῐ̈		ἀγενέοιν	ἀγενέοιν		ἀγενέσῐ(ν)	ἀγενέσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ἀγενέᾰ	ἀγενές		ἀγενέε	ἀγενέε		ἀγενέες	ἀγενέᾰ
Vocative	ἀγενές	ἀγενές		ἀγενέε	ἀγενέε		ἀγενέες	ἀγενέᾰ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἀγενέως			ἀγενέστερος			ἀγενέστᾰτος
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Declension of ἀγενής; ἀγενές (Uncontracted)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀγενής	ἀγενές		ἀγενεῖ	ἀγενεῖ		ἀγενεῖς	ἀγενῆ
Genitive	ἀγενοῦς	ἀγενοῦς		ἀγενοῖν	ἀγενοῖν		ἀγενῶν	ἀγενῶν
Dative	ἀγενεῖ	ἀγενεῖ		ἀγενοῖν	ἀγενοῖν		ἀγενέσῐ(ν)	ἀγενέσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ἀγενῆ	ἀγενές		ἀγενεῖ	ἀγενεῖ		ἀγενεῖς	ἀγενῆ
Vocative	ἀγενές	ἀγενές		ἀγενεῖ	ἀγενεῖ		ἀγενεῖς	ἀγενῆ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἀγενῶς			ἀγενέστερος			ἀγενέστᾰτος
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, 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 (© 2006–2016)
“G36”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979