γέγειος
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)
ον,
A earth-born, ἄνθεα Call.Fr.252b: hence, ancient, Hecat. 362 J.; λόγος Call.Fr.252: Comp. -ότερον ib.103.
German (Pape)
[Seite 477] (wohl mit γῆ verwandt), Hecat. in VLL.; Callim. frg. 103; wird ἀρχαῖος erkl.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γέγειος: -ον, (πρβλ. γεῖος), ἐπὶ τῆς σημασίας τοῦ αὐτόχθων, ἴδε Βεντ. Καλλ. Ἀποσπ. 103, Ἑκαταῖ. Ἀποσπ. 366.
Spanish (DGE)
-α, -ον
venerable, de gran solera Hecat.362, βόες γέγειαι Call.Fr.277.1, λόγος Call.Fr.510, γεγειότερον τοῦδε ... ἀγῶνα de los Juegos Istmicos, Call.SHell.265.5, cf. Orác. en ZPE 1.1967.186 (Hierápolis II/III d.C.), St.Byz.s.u. Γῆ.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: adj.
Meaning: antique (Hecat.)
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: DELG remarks that the word never means of the earth, so that connection with γῆ is improbable. But it could mean earth-born = antique; thus LSJ.
