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 • (dŭsgenḗs) 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 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
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 (2006–2025)