ἀγεννής

agennes

low-born

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Bekker number — each links into the reader.

Politics 4
Open Politics ›
Book I 1
Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36

1258b38
Book III 1
Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34

1283a35
Book IV 1
Chapter 12 1296b13–1297a13

1296b22
Book VII 1
Chapter 9 1328b24–1329a39

1328b40
Nicomachean Ethics 2
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›
Book IV 2
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17

1121a26

Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35

1124b22
Generation of Animals 1
Open Generation of Animals ›
Book III 1
Chapter 1 749a10–752a8

749b31
History of Animals 1
Open History of Animals ›
Book VI 1
Chapter 1 558b8–559a14

558b16

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀγεννής, ές, (γέννα) A. = ἀγενής II (q. v.), low-born, Hdt. 1.134 (Comp.), Pl. Prt. 319d, etc.; οἱ ἀ, opp. οἱ γενναῖοι, Arist. Pol. 1296b22, etc.; of a cock, Pl. Tht. 164c, Men. 223.13. 2. of things, sordid, Hdt. 5.6, Pl. Grg. 465b, 513d, al.; βωμολοχεύματʼ Ar. Pax 748; οὐδὲν ἀ. Dem.21.152. Adv. -νῶς E. IA 1458, Pl.Com. 46.6.—In Pl. mostly with neg., οὐκ ἀ. Chrm. 158c, etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of ἀγεννής — with the passages he singles out as decisive for each meaning — will appear here. That curated, interpretive selection is the layer LSJ and a raw concordance don't provide. Digitisation in progress; this entry is not yet available.

‹ All lexicon entries