εὐγενής

English (LSJ)

ές, in Hom. εὐηγενής (q.v.), and in h.Ven.94 ἠϋγενής: (γένος):—

   A well-born, A.Pers.704 (troch.), S.OC728, etc.; εὐ. δόμος E.Ion 1540; τὸ μὲν ἐστίχθαι εὐγενὲς κέκριται being tattooed is esteemed a mark of nobility, Hdt. 5.6.    2 in Trag. etc. with the connotation noble-minded, generous (more prop. γενναῖος, cf. Arist.Rh.1390b22), S.Ant.38, Ph.874, etc.; διαφέρει φύσις γενναίου σκύλακος . . νεανίσκου εὐ. Pl.R.375a.    3 of animals, high-bred, ἵππος Thgn.184, S.El.25; λέων A.Ag.1259; ὄρνιθες Plb.1.58.7; of plants, of a good sort, Ael.VH2.14; ῥόαι Eriph. 2.11; πυροί Gal.11.120; βλαστοί Gp.5.37.2: so in Comp., Eub.44; φλέβες καὶ ἶνες Thphr. HP 5.1.7 (s.v.l., cf. εὐτενής) ; χαλκός S.Fr.864 (v.l.): metaph., of a wife, ὥσπερ εὐγενῆ χώραν ἐντεκνώσασθαι παρασχεῖν Plu.Cat.Mi.25.    4 of outward form, noble, δέρη, πρόσωπον, E. Hel.136, Med.1072; of style, τὸ εὐ. τῆς λέξεως Ael.NA Epil.; εὐ. ῥυθμοί D.H.Comp.18.    II Adv. -νῶς nobly, bravely, κατθανοῦμεν E.Cyc.201, cf. Tr.727; εὐτυχεῖν Plu.2.7f.