γίννος
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
or γιννός, ὁ, alleged offspring of mare by mule, Arist.HA 577b25, cf. GA748b34;
A small mule, Str.4.6.2; hinny, Hsch.; γῖνος IG12(1).677.23 (Ialysus).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γίννος: ὁ, ἀνάπηρος, ἀτελὴς ἡμίονος, μικρὸς ἡμίονος (ὀρεύς), Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 6. 24, 2, πρβλ. Γεν. Ζ. 2. 8, 24, Varro R. R. 2. 8, Plin N. H. 8. 69· - γραφόμενον γῖνος ἐν Ροδ. Ἐπιγραφ. (Trans. of R. Soc. of Lit. 11. μέρος 3. σ. 9), ὅπερ δικαιολογεῖ τὸν τύπον γῖννος ἐν τοῖς χειρογρ. τοῦ Ἀριστ. Πρὸς τὸ ἴννος ἐν τῷ Σχολ. Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 790, πρβλ. τὸ Λατ. hinnus.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ
• Alolema(s): γῖνος IG 12(1).677.23 (Yaliso III a.C.)
mulo enano o caballería de poca alzada Arist.GA 747b25
•por una mala gestación de cualquier caballería, Arist.GA 748b35, HA 577b25, cf. IG l.c., Plin.HN 8.174, Str.4.6.2, Mart.6.77.7, Phlp.in GA 129.21.
