The corpus record

ἐγγεν-ής

eggenes

native, of the race, country

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

Oedipus Tyrannus 4 · 4.32/10k
Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k
Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant — LSJ

native, of the race, country

native, Αἰγύπτιοι Hdt. 2.47; opp. μέτοικος, ἐ. Θηβαῖος S. OT 452; θεοὺς τοὺς ἐ. gods of the race or country, A. Th. 582, S. Ant. 199, cf. El. 428; νόμος J. AJ 15.7.10.

2 born of the same race, kindred, with a kinsman, like kinsmen

born of the same race, kindred, S. OT 1168, 1506, Inscr.Cos 124; ἐ. κηδεία connexion with a kinsman, E. Supp. 134. Adv. -νῶς like kinsmen, S. OT 1225.

II inborn, innate, ʼtis in their race, in the family

of qualities, inborn, innate, νοῦς Id. El. 1328; σφίσιν ἐγγενὲς ἔμμεν ἀεθληταῖς ἀγαθοῖσιν ʼtis in their race to be good athletes, Pi. N. 10.51; πόνος ἐ. in the family, A. Ch. 466 (lyr.); τἀγγενῆ κακά S. OT 1430.

III

= Lat. ingenuus, PGnom. 29.

In the wild

ἐγγενὴς · engenēs Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 466–468
ἐγγενεῖς · engeneis Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 580–583
ἐγγενὲς · engenes Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 330–332
ἐγγενεῖς · engeneis Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 983–984
ἐγγενῆ · engenē Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 172)
ἐγγενὴς · engenēs Euripides, Ion *(ermh=s (DIORISIS sentence 21)

6 of 20 attestations shown. Ask for more.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

Ask the librarian

Ask about ἐγγεν-ής →