αγένειος

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγένειος (agéneios, beardless, boyish) from privative ἀ- (not) + γένειον (géneion, beard).[1] Synchronically analysable as α- + γένι (beard in Modern Greek).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈʝe.ni.os/
  • Hyphenation: α‧γέ‧νει‧ος

Adjective

αγένειος (agéneios) m (feminine αγένειος, neuter αγένειο)

  1. beardless, unbearded
  2. (figuratively) naive, youthful

Declension

See also

References

  1. Georgios Babiniotis (2002), αγένειος”, in Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of the New Greek Language] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias, →ISBN.
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