γενναῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>592</span>: (γέννα):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[true to one's birth]] or [[descent]] (εὐγενὲς μέν ἐστι τὸ ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γένους, γενναῖον δὲ τὸ μὴ ἐξιστάμενον ἐκ τῆς αὑτοῦ φύσεως <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>488b19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1390b22</span>), οὔ μοι γενναῖον ἀλυσκάζοντι μάχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.5.253</span> (nowhere else in Hom.); γενναῖον δέ σοι ταχέως ὑπακούειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>28</span> D.: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[high-born]], [[noble]], <span class="bibl">Archil.107</span>, etc.; τέκνα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.173</span>; ὦ γονῇ γενναῖε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1469</span>; ἐσθλοὺς ἔκ τε γενναίων γεγῶτας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>107.3</span>; γενναῖός τις ἑπτὰ πάππους ἔχων ἀποφῆναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>174e</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ γ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">οἱ ἀγεννεῖς</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1296b22</span>; so of animals, [[well-bred]], σκύλαξ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 375a</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.15</span>; opp. [[ἀγεννής]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>558b16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">noble in mind, high-minded</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.140</span> (Sup.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>129</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ γ</b>., = [[γενναιότης]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span> 569</span>; of actions, [[noble]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.37</span>; λῆμα γ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.44</span>; τλάσας τὸ γ. <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OC</span>1640</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>624</span>; <b class="b3">γ. ἔπος, λόγοι, πόνοι</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1402</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span> 537</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>357</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> as a form of polite speech, <b class="b3">γενναῖος εἶ</b> you are [[very good]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>220</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ὦ γενναῖε</b>, common form of address in Pl., as <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>494e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>801</span>; ironical, <span class="bibl">D.H.7.46</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[good of their kind]], [[excellent]], μέλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>281.5</span>; [[σταφυλή]], [[σῦκα]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>844e</span>; <b class="b3">γενναίου… ἄξιον οὐθενός</b> of no [[great]] use, <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.31.2</span>; ironical, γένει γ. σοφιστική <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>231b</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">1.1</span>), etc.; [[genuine]], [[intense]], δύη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>938</span>, etc.; [[violent]], σεισμός <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VA</span>6.38</span>; θάλπη <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Or.</span> 2.101d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">γενναῖον· τὸ τῆς γενέσεως ἀρχηγόν</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. <b class="b3">-αίως</b> [[nobly]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.139</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.41</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span> 196b</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.672</span>; ὅρκος, πῆγμα γ. παγέν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1198</span>; ironical, μάλα γ. ἐπιλαθόμενον ὧν εὖ πάθοι <span class="bibl">Jul. <span class="title">Or.</span>3.125c</span>: Comp. -οτέρως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>166c</span>, <span class="bibl">Ps.-Callisth. 1.38</span>: Sup. -ότατα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>657</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> irreg. Sup. γενναιέστατος <span class="bibl">Dinol. 10</span>.</span>