γύννις
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English (LSJ)
ιδος, ὁ,
A a womanish man, ποδαπὸς ὁ γ.; of Bacchus, A.Fr. 61, cf. Theoc.22.69 (s.v.l.), Ael.VH12.12, Lib.Or.64.49. 2 = ἵππουρις, Ps.-Dsc.4.46,47.
German (Pape)
[Seite 512] ιδος, ὁ, Weichling, Ar. Th. 136; vgl. Ath. X, 435 c; Theocr. 22, 69; Ael. V. H. 12, 12; auch γὐνις geschrieben, B. A. 11; vgl. γιννός.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γύννις: -ιδος, ὁ, γυναικώδης ἀνήρ, ποδαπὸς ὁ γύννις, ἐπὶ τοῦ Βάκχου, Αἰσχύλ. (Ἀποσπ. 56) παρ᾿ Ἀριστοφ. Θεσμ. 136, πρβλ. Θεόκρ. 22. 69, Αἰλ. II. Ἱστ. 12. 12. [ῠ].
French (Bailly abrégé)
ιδος (ὁ) :
homme efféminé.
Étymologie: γυνή.
Spanish (DGE)
-ιδος, ὁ
• Alolema(s): γύνις Thphr.Fr.147
• Morfología: [sg. ac. γύννιν D.C.59.29.2, Eust.380.11]
1 hombre afeminado, marica ποδαπὸς ὁ γ.; Ar.Th.136 (= A.Fr.61.1), οὐ γ. ... ὁ πύκτης del forzudo Amico, Theoc.22.69, de Alejandro εὐλαβοῦντο γὰρ μὴ γ. εἴη Thphr.l.c. (= Hieronym.Phil.38), δειλός τε οὕτω καὶ γ. ὤν D.C.46.22.3, ἄνανδρος ... καὶ γ. Ael.VH 12.12, cf. D.C.59.29.2, Ael.Fr.10, Clem.Al.Paed.3.3.23, Eus.VC 3.55, Hsch., Lib.Or.64.49, Eust.l.c. Sud., κατηγορία τοῦ Γύννιδος tít. de una diatriba perdida de Filóstrato de Lemnos, ref. a Heliogábalo, Philostr.VS 625
•tb. como adj. γ. τοξότης Plu.2.234e.
2 bot. equiseto, cola de caballo, Equisetum telmateia Ehrh., E. fluvitiale L., Ps.Dsc.4.46, 47.
• Etimología: Var. expresiva de γυνή q.u.
