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|Definition=ον, also η, ον <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Vict.</span>1.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Isyll.53</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[productive]], [[fertile]], [[fruitful]], <b class="b3">σπέρμα γ</b>., opp. [[ἄγονον]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>523a25</span>; κύημα γ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GA</span>736a35</span>; <b class="b3">ᾠὰ γ</b>., opp. [[ὑπηνέμια]], ib.<span class="bibl">730a6</span>; of women, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>876b12</span>; of the male, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>546a2</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἐν τῇσι ἡλικίῃσι τῇσι γονίμῃσι εἶναι</b> Hp.l.c.; <b class="b3">γ. μέλεα</b> a <b class="b2">parent's</b> limbs, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>1209</span> (lyr.); γ. φλέψ <span class="title">AP</span>6.218 (Alc.); <b class="b3">γ. μέρεα</b> [[generative]] organs, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>2.5</span>: hence (metaph.), ἀπο τίκτειν γ. τε καὶ ἀληθές <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>150c</span>; <b class="b3">γ. ἢ ἀνεμιαῖον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">151e</span>; <b class="b3">Νεῖλος γ</b>., opp. [[πέλαγος]], <span class="title">Lyr.Alex.Adesp.</span>32.6, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>2074</span> (Sup.). Adv. -μως, σπέρμα ἐν τῇ μήτρᾳ γ. κρατηθῆναι <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Gaur.</span>2.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen.rei, [[νέφος]] γ. ὕδατος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>394a27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Ign.</span>44</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>7.5</span>: metaph., πηγαὶ τῆς ὑψηγορίας γονιμώταται Longin.8.1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph. of persons, <b class="b3">ποιητὴς γ</b>. poet [[of true genius]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>96</span>; γονιμωτέρα γενέσθω ἡ γλῶσσα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[born in lawful wedlock]], <span class="bibl">Man.6.56</span>: metaph., ἀγαθὰ γ. τῇ αὑτῶν φύσει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>367d</span>; <b class="b3">γ. ὕδωρ ποταμῶν</b>, opp. [[νόθον]], <span class="title">AP</span>9.277 (Antiph.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> = [[βιώσιμος]], [[viable]], παιδίον <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Superf.</span>4</span>; ἔμβρυον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>583b31</span>; βρέφη <span class="bibl">Ph.1.45</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[favourable to generation]], of uneven days, Pythagorean term, Plu.2.288c; of days in illness (because critical for life or death, Erot.s.v.), <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Epid.</span>2.6.8</span>, <span class="bibl">2.5.12</span>; <b class="b3">γ. μήν, ἔτος</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">6.10</span>.</span>