Εὐγένιος

See also: Ευγένιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐγενής (eugenḗs, “well-born”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios, adjective suffix). Compare Proto-Celtic *Esugenos, Sanskrit सुजन (sujana).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.ɡé.ni.os/ → /eβˈʝe.ni.os/ → /evˈʝe.ni.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.ɡé.ni.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈɡe.ni.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eβˈʝe.ni.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /evˈʝe.ni.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /evˈʝe.ni.os/

Proper noun

Εὐγένῐος • (Eugénios) m (genitive Εὐγενῐ́ου); second declension

1. Eugenius; Eugene

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Εὐγένῐος; τοῦ Εὐγενῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Εὐγένῐος ho Eugénios	τὼ Εὐγενῐ́ω tṑ Eugeníō	οἱ Εὐγένῐοι hoi Eugénioi
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐγενῐ́ου toû Eugeníou	τοῖν Εὐγενῐ́οιν toîn Eugeníoin	τῶν Εὐγενῐ́ων tôn Eugeníōn
Dative	τῷ Εὐγενῐ́ῳ tôi Eugeníōi	τοῖν Εὐγενῐ́οιν toîn Eugeníoin	τοῖς Εὐγενῐ́οις toîs Eugeníois
Accusative	τὸν Εὐγένῐον tòn Eugénion	τὼ Εὐγενῐ́ω tṑ Eugeníō	τοὺς Εὐγενῐ́ους toùs Eugeníous
Vocative	Εὐγένῐε Eugénie	Εὐγενῐ́ω Eugeníō	Εὐγένῐοι Eugénioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Εὐγενία (Eugenía) (feminine)

Descendants

• → Czech: Evžen
• → English: Eugene, Gene
• → Finnish: Eugen
• → French: Eugène
• → German: Eugen
• Greek: Ευγένιος (Evgénios), Ευγένης (Evgénis), Βένης (Vénis)
• → Hungarian: Jenő
• → Latin: Eugenius
• → Polish: Eugeniusz
• → Russian: Евге́ний (Jevgénij)
• → Slovak: Eugen
• → Spanish: Eugenio
• → Swedish: Eugen
• → Ukrainian: Є́вген (Jévhen)