A.= ἀγενής 11 (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. of things, sordid, Hdt.5.6, Pl.Grg.465b, 513d, al.; “βωμολοχεύματ᾽” Ar.Pax748; οὐδὲν ἀ. Dem.21.152. Adv. “-νῶς” E.IA1458, Pl.Com.46.6.—In Pl. mostly with neg., οὐκ ἀ. Chrm. 158c, etc.