εὐγενοῦς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “good, well”) +‎ γένους (génous, “of race or stock”); literally “good of race”.

Adjective

εὐγενοῦς • (eugenoûs) m (feminine εὐγενή, neuter εὐγενοῦν); first/second declension

1. noble, nobly born

Inflection

First and second declension of εὐγενοῦς; εὐγενῆ; εὐγενοῦν (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὐγενοῦς eugenoûs	εὐγενῆ eugenê	εὐγενοῦν eugenoûn		εὐγενώ eugenṓ	εὐγενᾶ eugenâ	εὐγενώ eugenṓ		εὐγενοῖ eugenoî	εὐγεναῖ / εὐγενέαι eugenaî / eugenéai	εὐγενᾶ eugenâ
Genitive		εὐγενοῦ eugenoû	εὐγενῆς eugenês	εὐγενοῦ eugenoû		εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn	εὐγεναῖν eugenaîn	εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn		εὐγενῶν eugenôn	εὐγενῶν / εὐγενεῶν eugenôn / eugeneôn	εὐγενῶν eugenôn
Dative		εὐγενῷ eugenôi	εὐγενῇ eugenêi	εὐγενῷ eugenôi		εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn	εὐγεναῖν eugenaîn	εὐγενοῖν eugenoîn		εὐγενοῖς eugenoîs	εὐγεναῖς eugenaîs	εὐγενοῖς eugenoîs
Accusative		εὐγενοῦν eugenoûn	εὐγενῆν eugenên	εὐγενοῦν eugenoûn		εὐγενώ eugenṓ	εὐγενᾶ eugenâ	εὐγενώ eugenṓ		εὐγενοῦς eugenoûs	εὐγενᾶς / εὐγενέᾱς eugenâs / eugenéās	εὐγενᾶ eugenâ
Vocative		εὐγενοῦ eugenoû	εὐγενῆ eugenê	εὐγενοῦν eugenoûn		εὐγενώ eugenṓ	εὐγενᾶ eugenâ	εὐγενώ eugenṓ		εὐγενοῖ eugenoî	εὐγεναῖ / εὐγενέαι eugenaî / eugenéai	εὐγενᾶ eugenâ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		εὐγενῶς eugenôs				εὐγενεώτερος eugeneṓteros				εὐγενεώτᾰτος eugeneṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

Antonym: δυσγενοῦς (dusgenoûs)