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ἀγένεια

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Μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down

Sophocles, Electra, 119-120
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Full diacritics: ἀγένεια Medium diacritics: ἀγένεια Low diacritics: αγένεια Capitals: ΑΓΕΝΕΙΑ
Transliteration A: agéneia Transliteration B: ageneia Transliteration C: ageneia Beta Code: a)ge/neia

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (ἀγενής)    A low birth, Arist.Pol.1317b40.

German (Pape)

[Seite 12] ἡ (ἀγενής), niedrige Herkunft, Ggstz γένος, Arist. Pol. 6, 1; Luc. Prom. 9; übtr. unedle Gesinnung, Arist. virt. et vit.; ψυχῆς καὶ μαλακία Plut. cons. ad Apoll. p. 344. Einige schreiben ἀγέννεια.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀγένεια: ἡ, (ἀγενὴς) ταπεινὴ καταγωγή, ἀντίθ. τῷ γένος. Ἐπειδή ὀλιγαρχία καὶ γένει καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ παιδείᾳ ὁρίζεται, τὰ δημοτικά δοκεῖ τἀναντία τούτων εἶναι, ἀγένεια, πενία, βαναυσία, Ἀριστοτ. Πολ. 6. Αϳ. 9· πρβλ. ἀγέννεια.

Spanish (DGE)

-ας, ἡ

• Alolema(s): ἀγέννεια Phld.Vit.4B.
1 bajo linaje, bajeza ἀ. πενία βαναυσία Arist.Pol.1317b40, cf. VV 1251b16, Phld.l.c.
2 pobreza τῆς ἐμῆς ἀγραυλίας καὶ ἀγένειας οἰκεῖος D.S.33.7.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀγένεια: v. l. ἀγέννεια
1) низкое, незнатное происхождение Arst., Luc.;
2) низость, подлость (φυχῆς Arst., Plut.).