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γηγενής

γηγενής, earthborn

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γηγενεῖς masculine accusative plural, feminine accusative plural, masculine nominative plural, masculine vocative plural, feminine nominative plural, feminine vocative plural of γηγενής

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γηγεν-ής, ές, Dor. γᾱγενής Hdn.Gr. 2.419:—
  • earthborn, βολβός Xenarch. 1.5; of a potterʼs vessel, Antiph. 182.3; indigenous, βούβαλις S. Fr. 792.
      • 2 earthborn, of primeval men, Ἐρεχθεύς Hdt. 8.55; Παλαίχθων A. Supp. 250; τοὺς ἔμπροσθεν φύεσθαι γηγενεῖς καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἀλλήλων γεννᾶσθαι Pl. Plt. 269b, cf. Arist. GA 762b29; of the Thebans, Trag.Adesp. 84; γ. πρωτοπλάστης LXX Wi. 7.1; of body, opp. soul, Pl. Lg. 727e.
      • 3 οἱ γ. the dead, the shades, ib.Pr. 2.18, 9.18.
    • II born of Gaia, of Titans and Giants, Batr. 7, A. Pr. 353, E. Ba. 996 (lyr.); ὁ γ. στρατὸς Γιγάντων S. Tr. 1058; τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν γηγενῶν (sc. ἀναστροφήν), opp. civilized life, Phld. Sto.Herc. 339.19: in Com. with an insinuation of impiety, Ar. Nu. 853; (but also boorish, βῶλος, ἄροτρον, γ. ἄνθρωπος Alex. 108.5); of things, Titanic, i.e. portentous, γηγενεῖ φυσήματι Ar. Ra. 825: Sup. -έστατος most earthy, i. e. limited in intelligence, Procl. in Prm. p.763 S.

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