Related to:
συγγεν-ής, ές,
congenital, inborn, ἦθος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. εἶδος,= φύσις,
character, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; παύροις. ἐστι συγγενὲς τόδε
natural to them, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πότμος σ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; προϊδεῖν σ. οἷς ἕπεται who have the
natural gift to foresee, [
Refs]; συγγενεῖς μῆνες my
connate months, the months
of my natural life, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τρίχες the hair
born with one, i.e. the hair of the head as opposed to to the beard, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; σημεῖα σ.
birth-marks, [
Refs]; δυνάμεις αἱ σ, opposed to αἱ ἔθει and αἱ μαθήσει, [
Refs]; αὔξει τὸ σ. increases
its natural force, [
Refs]
adverb, -νῶς δύστηνος miserable
from his birth, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {σύμφυτος}.
II)
of the same kin, descent, or
family, akin to, τινι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
absolutely,
akin, cognate, θεός [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; συγγενέστατον φύσει πάντων
most nearly akin, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of animals, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.b)
substantive,
kinsman, relative, οὖσα σ. ἐκείνου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἐμῆς γυναικὸς ξυγγενεῖ (dual) [
Refs 5th c.BC+].
kinsfolk, kinsmen, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; not properly applied to children (ἔκγονοι) in relation to their parents, and so opposed to ἔκγονοι in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.c) τὸ σ,= συγγένεια,
kindred, relationship, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also,
the spirit of one's race, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ τούτῳ προσήκει Λαΐῳ τι σ. if he had any
connexion with him, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of tribes, κατὰ τὸ ξ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
metaphorically,
akin, cognate, of like kind, τοὺς τρόπους οὐ συγγενής [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυγγενὴς ὁ κύσθος αὐτῆς θητέρᾳ (for τῷ τῆς ἑτέρας) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
fitting, proper punishments, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; συγγενῆ
things of the same kind, homogeneous, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν γαίῃ μὲν σῶμα τὸ σ. its
congener, [
Refs] (Corcyra).
adverb, συγγενῶς ἔρχεσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σ. εἰρημένα
to similar effect, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III) συγγενής represented a title bestowed at the Persian court by the king as a mark of honour, 'cousin', [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also at the Ptolemaic and Seleucid courts, [
LXX+2nd c.BC+]; οἱ σ. τῶν κατοίκων ἱππέων probably a category of
nobles among the κάτοικοι, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; συγγενεῖς κάτοικοι [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]