A.well-born, A.Pers.704 (troch.), S.OC728, etc.; “εὐ. δόμος” E.Ion 1540; τὸ μὲν ἐστίχθαι εὐγενὲς κέκριται being tattooed is esteemed a mark of nobility, Hdt. 5.6.
2. in Trag. etc. with the connotation noble-minded, generous (more prop. γενναῖος, cf. Arist.Rh.1390b22), S.Ant.38, Ph.874, etc.; διαφέρει φύσις γενναίου σκύλακος . . νεανίσκου εὐ. Pl.R.375a.
3. of animals, high-bred, “ἵππος” Thgn.184, S.El.25; “λέων” A.Ag.1259; “ὄρνιθες” Plb.1.58.7; of plants, of a good sort, Ael.VH2.14; “ῥόαι” Eriph. 2.11; “πυροί” Gal.11.120; “βλαστοί” Gp.5.37.2: so in Comp., Eub.44; “φλέβες καὶ ἶνες” Thphr. HP 5.1.7 (s.v.l., cf. εὐτενής)“; χαλκός” S.Fr.864 (v.l.): metaph., of a wife, “ὥσπερ εὐγενῆ χώραν ἐντεκνώσασθαι παρασχεῖν” Plu.Cat.Mi.25.