The corpus record

ἀγενν-ής

agennes

low-born, sordid

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Where it lives

Answer to Philip's Letter 1 · 7.76/10k
Against Aristogeiton 2 1 · 5.95/10k
Theages 1 · 2.88/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Euthyphro 1 · 1.93/10k
Discourses 11 · 1.48/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Charmides 1 · 1.2/10k
Gorgias 3 · 1.14/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Alcibiades 1 1 · 0.98/10k
Theaetetus 2 · 0.89/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀγενν-ής · agenn-ēs — LSJ

low-born

= 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 sordid

of things, sordid, Hdt. 5.6, Pl. Grg. 465b, 513d, al.; βωμολοχεύματʼ Ar. Pax 748; οὐδὲν ἀ. D. 21.152. Adv. -νῶς E. IA 1458, Pl.Com. 46.6.—In Pl. mostly with neg., οὐκ ἀ. Chrm. 158c, etc.

In the wild

ἀγεννῆ · agennē Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 538)
ἀγεννοῦς · agennous Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1121a (DIORISIS sentence 1160)
ἀγεννές · agennes Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1124b (DIORISIS sentence 1325)
ἀγεννέσταται · agennestatai Aristotle, Politics 1258b (DIORISIS sentence 259)
ἀγεννῶν · agennōn Aristotle, Politics 1283a (DIORISIS sentence 1193)
ἀγεννεῖς · agenneis Aristotle, Politics 1296b (DIORISIS sentence 1658)

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Where it came from

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