εὐγενής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, in Hom. εὐηγενής (q.v.), and in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>94</span> ἠϋγενής: (γένος):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">well-born</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>704</span> (troch.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>728</span>, etc.; εὐ. δόμος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1540</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μὲν ἐστίχθαι εὐγενὲς κέκριται</b> being tattooed is esteemed <b class="b2">a mark of nobility</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Trag. etc. with the connotation <b class="b2">noble-minded, generous</b> (more prop. <b class="b3">γενναῖος</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1390b22</span>), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>38</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>874</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">διαφέρει φύσις γενναίου σκύλακος . . νεανίσκου εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>375a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of animals, <b class="b2">high-bred</b>, ἵππος <span class="bibl">Thgn.184</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>25</span>; λέων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1259</span>; ὄρνιθες <span class="bibl">Plb.1.58.7</span>; of plants, <b class="b2">of a good sort</b>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>2.14</span>; ῥόαι <span class="bibl">Eriph. 2.11</span>; πυροί Gal.11.120; βλαστοί <span class="title">Gp.</span>5.37.2: so in Comp., <span class="bibl">Eub.44</span>; φλέβες καὶ ἶνες <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span> 5.1.7</span> (s.v.l., cf. [[εὐτενής]]) ; χαλκός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>864</span> (v.l.): metaph., of a wife, ὥσπερ εὐγενῆ χώραν ἐντεκνώσασθαι παρασχεῖν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of outward form, <b class="b2">noble</b>, <b class="b3">δέρη, πρόσωπον</b>, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hel.</span>136</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span>1072</span>; of style, τὸ εὐ. τῆς λέξεως Ael.<b class="b2">NA Epil</b>.; εὐ. ῥυθμοί <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -<b class="b3">νῶς</b> <b class="b2">nobly, bravely</b>, κατθανοῦμεν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>201</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>727</span>; εὐτυχεῖν Plu.2.7f.</span>