The corpus record

γενν-ικός

gennikos

noble, vigorously, drastically

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Where it lives

Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k

What it meant

γενν-ικός · genn-ikos — LSJ

noble, vigorously, drastically

= γενναῖος, noble, Ar. Eq. 457 (Sup.), Pl. Phdr. 279a (Comp.); γ. καὶ κοσμία γύναι Men. Georg. 42; of things, λεπαστή Antiph. 45; δεῖπνον Alciphr. 3.5. Adv. -ῶς Ar. Lys. 1070, Antiph. 192, Luc. Somn. 7, (Max.Tyr. 31.1; vigorously, drastically, of the action of medicines, Gal. 11.864, al.

In the wild

γεννικώτερον · gennikōteron Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.66.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1128)
γεννικωτέρῳ · gennikōterōi Plato, Phaedrus 279 (DIORISIS sentence 990)
γεννικὸν · gennikon Plato, Theaetetus 144

Where it came from

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