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Headword: Ἀγεννῶς
Adler number: alpha,198
Translated headword: ignobly
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Unmanly.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] "ignoble",[2] in reference to something weak and ill-born.
Also [sc. attested is the relative abstract noun] "ignobility", unmanliness and cowardice.
"Thus [the] Romans made ignoble treaty-terms with the Huns out of fear."[3]
Greek Original:
Ἀγεννῶς: ἀνάνδρως. καὶ Ἀγεννὲς, ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀσθενοῦς καὶ ἐπὶ δυσγενοῦς. καὶ Ἀγεννία, ἡ ἀνανδρία καὶ ἡ δειλία. ἔθεντο οὖν Ῥωμαῖοι σπονδὰς ἀγεννεῖς διὰ δέος πρὸς Οὔννους.
Notes:
[1] Same headword and gloss in other lexica. The headword adverb is evidently quoted from somewhere.
[2] Here neuter singular; again, quoted from somewhere.
[3] Attributed to Procopius in the Lexicon Vindobonense. For the Huns (and Procopius), cf. under alpha 3460.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; history
Translated by: William Hutton on 17 October 2000@02:36:26.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note; cosmetics) on 11 February 2001@10:54:55.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 20 February 2011@08:11:44.
David Whitehead on 29 December 2011@07:44:09.
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