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γηγεν-ής

gegenes

earthborn, indigenous, earthborn

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Where it lives

  • Bacchae 4 · 5.32/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 3 · 5.1/10k
  • Ion 3 · 3.28/10k
  • Phoenissae 3 · 3.11/10k
  • Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k
  • Statesman 3 · 1.77/10k
  • Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
  • Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
  • Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
  • Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

earthborn, indigenous

earthborn, βολβός Xenarch. 1.5; of a potterʼs vessel, Antiph. 182.3; indigenous, βούβαλις S. Fr. 792.

2 earthborn

earthborn, of primeval men, Ἐρεχθεύς Hdt. 8.55; Παλαίχθων A. Supp. 250; τοὺς ἔμπροσθεν φύεσθαι γηγενεῖς καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἀλλήλων γεννᾶσθαι Pl. Plt. 269b, cf. Arist. GA 762b29; of the Thebans, Trag.Adesp. 84; γ. πρωτοπλάστης LXX Wi. 7.1; of body, opp. soul, Pl. Lg. 727e.

3 the dead, the shades

οἱ γ. the dead, the shades, ib.Pr. 2.18, 9.18.

II born of Gaia, boorish, Titanic, portentous, most earthy

born of Gaia, of Titans and Giants, Batr. 7, A. Pr. 353, E. Ba. 996 (lyr.); ὁ γ. στρατὸς Γιγάντων S. Tr. 1058; τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν γηγενῶν (sc. ἀναστροφήν), opp. civilized life, Phld. Sto.Herc. 339.19: in Com. with an insinuation of impiety, Ar. Nu. 853; (but also boorish, βῶλος, ἄροτρον, γ. ἄνθρωπος Alex. 108.5); of things, Titanic, i.e. portentous, γηγενεῖ φυσήματι Ar. Ra. 825: Sup. -έστατος most earthy, i. e. limited in intelligence, Procl. in Prm. p.763 S.

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Where it came from

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