δυσγενής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δυσ- (dus-, “ill, bad”) + -γενής (-genḗs, “of race or stock”); literally “bad of race”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dyz.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dyz.ɡeˈne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðyz.ʝeˈnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðyz.ʝeˈnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiz.ʝeˈnis/
Adjective
δῠσγενής • (dŭsgenḗs) m or f (neuter δῠσγενές); third declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δῠσγενής dŭsgenḗs |
δῠσγενές dŭsgenés |
δῠσγενεῖ dŭsgeneî |
δῠσγενεῖ dŭsgeneî |
δῠσγενεῖς dŭsgeneîs |
δῠσγενῆ dŭsgenê | ||||||||
| Genitive | δῠσγενοῦς dŭsgenoûs |
δῠσγενοῦς dŭsgenoûs |
δῠσγενοῖν dŭsgenoîn |
δῠσγενοῖν dŭsgenoîn |
δῠσγενῶν dŭsgenôn |
δῠσγενῶν dŭsgenôn | ||||||||
| Dative | δῠσγενεῖ dŭsgeneî |
δῠσγενεῖ dŭsgeneî |
δῠσγενοῖν dŭsgenoîn |
δῠσγενοῖν dŭsgenoîn |
δῠσγενέσῐ / δῠσγενέσῐν dŭsgenésĭ(n) |
δῠσγενέσῐ / δῠσγενέσῐν dŭsgenésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | δῠσγενῆ dŭsgenê |
δῠσγενές dŭsgenés |
δῠσγενεῖ dŭsgeneî |
δῠσγενεῖ dŭsgeneî |
δῠσγενεῖς dŭsgeneîs |
δῠσγενῆ dŭsgenê | ||||||||
| Vocative | δῠσγενές dŭsgenés |
δῠσγενές dŭsgenés |
δῠσγενεῖ dŭsgeneî |
δῠσγενεῖ dŭsgeneî |
δῠσγενεῖς dŭsgeneîs |
δῠσγενῆ dŭsgenê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δῠσγενῶς dŭsgenôs |
δῠσγενέστερος dŭsgenésteros |
δῠσγενέστᾰτος dŭsgenéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Antonyms
- εὐγενής (eugenḗs)
Derived terms
- δυσγενῶς (dusgenôs, adverb) (Hellenistic)
Further reading
- “δυσγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δυσγενής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δυσγενής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δυσγενής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)