γενναῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον E.''Hec.''592: ([[γέννα]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[true to one's birth]] or [[descent]] (εὐγενὲς μέν ἐστι τὸ ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γένους, γενναῖον δὲ τὸ μὴ ἐξιστάμενον ἐκ τῆς αὑτοῦ φύσεως Arist.''HA''488b19, cf. ''Rh.''1390b22), οὔ μοι γενναῖον ἀλυσκάζοντι μάχεσθαι Il.5.253 (nowhere else in Hom.); γενναῖον δέ σοι ταχέως ὑπακούειν Ar.''Fr.''28 D.: hence,<br><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[high-born]], [[noble]], Archil.107, etc.; τέκνα Hdt.1.173; ὦ γονῇ γενναῖε S.''OT''1469; ἐσθλοὺς ἔκ τε γενναίων γεγῶτας Id.''Fr.''107.3; γενναῖός τις ἑπτὰ πάππους ἔχων ἀποφῆναι Pl.''Tht.''174e; <b class="b3">οἱ γ.</b>, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ ἀγεννεῖς</b>, Arist.''Pol.'' 1296b22; so of animals, [[well-bred]], σκύλαξ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 375a, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.4.15; opp. [[ἀγεννής]], Arist.''HA''558b16.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[noble in mind]], [[high-minded]], Hdt.3.140 (Sup.), S.''El.''129 (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ γ.</b>, = [[γενναιότης]], Id.''OC'' 569; of actions, [[noble]], Hdt.1.37; λῆμα γ. Pi.''P.''8.44; τλάσας τὸ γ. S. ''OC''1640, cf. E.''Alc.''624; <b class="b3">γ. ἔπος, λόγοι, πόνοι</b>, S.''Ph.''1402, E.''Heracl.'' 537, ''HF''357 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> as a form of polite speech, <b class="b3">γενναῖος εἶ</b> you are [[very good]], Ar.''Th.''220.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ὦ γενναῖε</b>, common form of address in Pl., as ''Grg.''494e, cf. S.''Ph.''801; ironical, D.H.7.46.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[good of their kind]], [[excellent]], μέλος A.''Fr.''281.5; [[σταφυλή]], [[σῦκα]], Pl. ''Lg.''844e; <b class="b3">γενναίου… ἄξιον οὐθενός</b> of no [[great]] use, Ath.Mech.31.2; ironical, γένει γ. σοφιστική Pl.''Sph.''231b (cf. 1.1), etc.; [[genuine]], [[intense]], δύη [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''938, etc.; [[violent]], σεισμός Philostr. ''VA''6.38; θάλπη Jul. ''Or.'' 2.101d.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">γενναῖον· τὸ τῆς γενέσεως ἀρχηγόν</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[γενναίως]] = [[nobly]], Hdt.7.139, Th.2.41, Pl.''La.'' 196b, Men.672; ὅρκος, πῆγμα γ. παγέν A.''Ag.''1198; ironical, μάλα γ. ἐπιλαθόμενον ὧν εὖ πάθοι Jul. ''Or.''3.125c: Comp. -οτέρως Pl.''Tht.''166c, Ps.-Callisth. 1.38: Sup. -ότατα E.''Cyc.''657 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> irreg. Sup. γενναιέστατος Dinol. 10.