Εὐγένιος

See also: Ευγένιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐγενής (eugenḗs, “well-born”) +‎ -ῐος (-ĭos, adjective suffix). Compare Proto-Celtic *Esugenos, Sanskrit सुजन (sujana).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.ɡé.ni.os/ → /eβˈʝe.ni.os/ → /evˈʝe.ni.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.ɡé.ni.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈɡe.ni.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eβˈʝe.ni.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /evˈʝe.ni.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /evˈʝe.ni.os/

Proper noun

Εὐγένῐος • (Eugénĭos) m (genitive Εὐγενῐ́ου); second declension

1. Eugenius; Eugene

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Εὐγένῐος; τοῦ Εὐγενῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Εὐγένῐος ho Eugénĭos	τὼ Εὐγενῐ́ω tṑ Eugenĭ́ō	οἱ Εὐγένῐοι hoi Eugénĭoi
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐγενῐ́ου toû Eugenĭ́ou	τοῖν Εὐγενῐ́οιν toîn Eugenĭ́oin	τῶν Εὐγενῐ́ων tôn Eugenĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ Εὐγενῐ́ῳ tôi Eugenĭ́ōi	τοῖν Εὐγενῐ́οιν toîn Eugenĭ́oin	τοῖς Εὐγενῐ́οις toîs Eugenĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸν Εὐγένῐον tòn Eugénĭon	τὼ Εὐγενῐ́ω tṑ Eugenĭ́ō	τοὺς Εὐγενῐ́ους toùs Eugenĭ́ous
Vocative	Εὐγένῐε Eugénĭe	Εὐγενῐ́ω Eugenĭ́ō	Εὐγένῐοι Eugénĭoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Εὐγενία (Eugenía) (feminine)

Descendants

• → Czech: Evžen
• → English: Eugene, Gene
• → Finnish: Eugen
• → French: Eugène
• → German: Eugen
• Greek: Ευγένιος (Evgénios), Ευγένης (Evgénis), Βένης (Vénis)
• → Hungarian: Jenő
• → Latin: Eugenius
• → Polish: Eugeniusz
• → Russian: Евге́ний (Jevgénij)
• → Slovak: Eugen
• → Spanish: Eugenio
• → Swedish: Eugen
• → Ukrainian: Є́вген (Jévhen)