- γηγενής
- γηγεν-ής, ές, [dialect] Dor. [full] γᾱγενής Hdn.Gr.2.419:—A earthborn,
βολβός Xenarch.1.5
; of a potter's 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.GA762b29; 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
: [comp] Sup. -έστατος most earthy, i. e. limited in intelligence, Procl.in Prm.p.763 S.
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