γόνιμος: Difference between revisions

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