ἀγενής

See also: αγενής

Ancient Greek

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ γένος (génos, “birth, offspring, stock”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix). Compare εὐγενής (eugenḗs).

ἀγενής • (agenḗs) m or f (neuter ἀγενές); third declension

unborn, uncreated
- 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 27C
of no family, ignoble, mean, cowardly, vile
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 84
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.568
with no family, childless
- 4th century BC, Isaeus, Menecles 10

Third declension of ἀγενής; ἀγενές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀγενής agenḗs	ἀγενές agenés	ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενεῖς ageneîs	ἀγενῆ agenê
Genitive	ἀγενοῦς agenoûs	ἀγενοῦς agenoûs	ἀγενοῖν agenoîn	ἀγενοῖν agenoîn	ἀγενῶν agenôn	ἀγενῶν agenôn
Dative	ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενοῖν agenoîn	ἀγενοῖν agenoîn	ἀγενέσῐ / ἀγενέσῐν agenésĭ(n)	ἀγενέσῐ / ἀγενέσῐν agenésĭ(n)
Accusative	ἀγενῆ agenê	ἀγενές agenés	ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενεῖς ageneîs	ἀγενῆ agenê
Vocative	ἀγενές agenés	ἀγενές agenés	ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενεῖ ageneî	ἀγενεῖς ageneîs	ἀγενῆ agenê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἀγενῶς agenôs		ἀγενέστερος agenésteros		ἀγενέστᾰτος agenéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.