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πρωτογενής

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Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either

Plato, Apology 21d
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Full diacritics: πρωτογενής Medium diacritics: πρωτογενής Low diacritics: πρωτογενής Capitals: ΠΡΩΤΟΓΕΝΗΣ
Transliteration A: prōtogenḗs Transliteration B: prōtogenēs Transliteration C: protogenis Beta Code: prwtogenh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (γενέσθαι)

   A first-born, primeval, κτῆμα, εἶδος, Pl.Plt.288e, 289b; of persons, LXX Ex.13.2, Orph.H.25.2; epith. of Τύχη, Historia 5.231 (Itanus); Τύχη π.,= Fortuna Primigenia, Gloss.

German (Pape)

[Seite 805] ές, erstgeboren, ursprünglich, Plat. Polit. 289 a u. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πρωτογενής: -ές, (γενέσθαι) πρωτόγονος, πανάρχαιος, εἶδος, κτῆμα Πλάτ. Πολιτ. 288Ε, 289Α· ἐπὶ προσώπων, Ὀρφ. Ὕμν. 24 (25). 2, κτλ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ής, ές :
premier-né, le plus ancien.
Étymologie: πρῶτος, γένος.