I.well-born, of noble race, of high descent, Lat. generosus, Trag.; εὐγενές [ἐστι] is a mark of nobility, Hdt.
2.noble-minded, generous, Soph., Plat.
3.of animals, high-bred, noble, generous, Theogn., Aesch., etc.; of a country, fertile, Plut.
4.of outward form, noble, Eur.
II.adv. -νῶς, nobly, bravely, id=Eur.