γόνιμος

English (LSJ)

ον, also η, ον Hp. Vict.1.25, Isyll.53:—

   A productive, fertile, fruitful, σπέρμα γ., opp. ἄγονον, Arist.HA523a25; κύημα γ. Id.GA736a35; ᾠὰ γ., opp. ὑπηνέμια, ib.730a6; of women, Id.Pr.876b12; of the male, Id.HA546a2, al.; ἐν τῇσι ἡλικίῃσι τῇσι γονίμῃσι εἶναι Hp.l.c.; γ. μέλεα a parent's limbs, E.El.1209 (lyr.); γ. φλέψ AP6.218 (Alc.); γ. μέρεα generative organs, Aret.SD2.5: hence (metaph.), ἀπο τίκτειν γ. τε καὶ ἀληθές Pl.Tht.150c; γ. ἢ ἀνεμιαῖον ib.151e; Νεῖλος γ., opp. πέλαγος, Lyr.Alex.Adesp.32.6, cf.Sammelb.2074 (Sup.). Adv. -μως, σπέρμα ἐν τῇ μήτρᾳ γ. κρατηθῆναι Porph.Gaur.2.2.    2 c. gen.rei, νέφος γ. ὕδατος Arist.Mu.394a27, cf. Thphr.Ign.44, Ael.NA7.5: metaph., πηγαὶ τῆς ὑψηγορίας γονιμώταται Longin.8.1.    3 metaph. of persons, ποιητὴς γ. poet of true genius, Ar.Ra.96; γονιμωτέρα γενέσθω ἡ γλῶσσα Luc.Rh.Pr.23.    b born in lawful wedlock, Man.6.56: metaph., ἀγαθὰ γ. τῇ αὑτῶν φύσει Pl.R.367d; γ. ὕδωρ ποταμῶν, opp. νόθον, AP9.277 (Antiph.).    4 = βιώσιμος, viable, παιδίον Hp. Superf.4; ἔμβρυον Arist.HA583b31; βρέφη Ph.1.45.    5 favourable to generation, of uneven days, Pythagorean term, Plu.2.288c; of days in illness (because critical for life or death, Erot.s.v.), Hp. Epid.2.6.8, 2.5.12; γ. μήν, ἔτος, ib.6.10.