Ἀγένεια
low birth
Translated by William Hutton17 Oct 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Bad birth.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀγένεια· ἡ δυσγένεια.
Betacode
*)age/neia: h( dusge/neia.
Notes
- The headword literally means lack of birth. It is first attested in the Politics of Aristotle 6.1317b40 (web address 1 below) where
a)ge/neia ,peni/a andbanausi/a are the defining characteristics, from a hostile standpoint, of democracy.
Similar entry in Hesychius, but in the accusative case and with the two nouns reversed.