ἀγέννεια
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
(in Mss. often ἀγένεια or ἀγεννία). ἡ,
A meanness, baseness, Arist.Virt. Vit.1251b16, Plb.30.9.1, al., Phld.Herc.1457.4. II sordidness, opp. πολυτέλεια, D.S.33.7.
German (Pape)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀγέννεια: (ἐν χειρογράφοις συχνάκις ἀγένεια ἢ ἀγεννία), ἡ, ποταπὸς τρόπος τοῦ φέρεσθαι, Ἀριστ. περὶ Ἀρετ. κ. Κακ. 7, 4, Πολύβ. κτλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
bassesse de sentiments.
Étymologie: ἀγεννής.
