γεννικός
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A = γενναῖος, noble, Ar.Eq.457 (Sup.), Pl.Phdr.279a (Comp.); γ. καὶ κοσμία γύναι Men. Georg.42; of things, λεπαστή Antiph.45; δεῖπνον Alciphr.3.5. Adv. -ῶς Ar.Lys.1070, Antiph. 192, Luc.Somn.7, Max. Tyr.31.1; vigorously, drastically, of the action of medicines, Gal.11.864, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 483] = γενναῖος, bes. übertr., edel, Plat. Theaet. 144 d; ἦθος γεννικώτερον Phaedr. 279 a; trefflich, ὦ γεννικώτατον κρέας Ar. Equ. 457; εὐωχίαι Eub. Ath. VIII, 347 d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γεννικός: -ή, -όν, = γενναῖος, εὐγενής, γενναῖος, γενναιόφρων, ἐξαίρετος, Λατ. generosus, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 457, Πλάτ. Φαίδρ. 279Α.― Ἐπίρρ. -ῶς Ἀριστοφ. Λυσ. 1071.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ή, όν :
noble, généreux.
Étymologie: γέννα.
