- εὐηγενής
- εὐηγενήςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: (see below) Λ 427, Ψ81 (here v. l. εὐηφενής), h. Ven. 229, Theoc. 27, 43, IG 14, 1389 : 1, 29.Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: The reading εὐηγενής = εὐγενής (Hss., Aristarch) is in Hom. as bad reading for εὐηφενής strongly suspect (as PN IG 12 : 8, 376, 14), which was not well known, as ἄφενος is only known from this form. The secondary εὐηγενής, stands beside several forms in -γενής with preceding -η-, was taken over by posthom. poets. - Not with Prellwitz Glotta 19, 103: -η- emphasizing. On εὐηφενής s. Bechtel Lex. s. v. and Leumann Hom. Wörter 117 n. 83. See on ἄφενος, and Masson, RPh.1965, 239f.Page in Frisk: 1,585-586
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.