δυσγενής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δυσ- (dus-, “ill, bad”) +‎ -γενής (-genḗs, “of race or stock”); literally “bad of race”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dyz.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/ → /ðyz.ʝeˈnis/ → /ðiz.ʝeˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dyz.ɡe.nɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dyz.ɡeˈne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðyz.ʝeˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðyz.ʝeˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiz.ʝeˈnis/

Adjective

δῠσγενής • (dusgenḗs) m or f (neuter δῠσγενές); third declension

1. lowborn, lowly born

Inflection

Third declension of δῠσγενής; δῠσγενές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῠσγενής dusgenḗs	δῠσγενές dusgenés		δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî	δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî		δῠσγενεῖς dusgeneîs	δῠσγενῆ dusgenê
Genitive		δῠσγενοῦς dusgenoûs	δῠσγενοῦς dusgenoûs		δῠσγενοῖν dusgenoîn	δῠσγενοῖν dusgenoîn		δῠσγενῶν dusgenôn	δῠσγενῶν dusgenôn
Dative		δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî	δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî		δῠσγενοῖν dusgenoîn	δῠσγενοῖν dusgenoîn		δῠσγενέσῐ / δῠσγενέσῐν dusgenési(n)	δῠσγενέσῐ / δῠσγενέσῐν dusgenési(n)
Accusative		δῠσγενῆ dusgenê	δῠσγενές dusgenés		δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî	δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî		δῠσγενεῖς dusgeneîs	δῠσγενῆ dusgenê
Vocative		δῠσγενές dusgenés	δῠσγενές dusgenés		δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî	δῠσγενεῖ dusgeneî		δῠσγενεῖς dusgeneîs	δῠσγενῆ dusgenê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δῠσγενῶς dusgenôs			δῠσγενέστερος dusgenésteros			δῠσγενέστᾰτος dusgenéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)