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γνήσιος

gnesios

φύλαξ, La glose de Suid

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Where it lives

  • Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
  • Philippians 2 · 12.52/10k
  • 1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
  • Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
  • 2 Corinthians 1 · 2.23/10k
  • Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
  • De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
  • Lysis 1 · 1.44/10k
  • Meditations 4 · 1.38/10k
  • Phaedrus 2 · 1.2/10k
  • Apology 1 · 1.14/10k
  • On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. γνήσιος · gnēsios — Chantraine

γνήσιος φύλαξ, La glose de Suid. donne ἰωρός ᾿ θυρωρός, φύλαξ - καὶ παροιμία * οὐδ’ ἐντὸς ἰωροῦ * καὶ ὁ νόμος ὃ παρ᾽ ᾿Αθηναίοις ἐκτὸς ἰωροῦ ἐκέλευεν εἶναι τοὺς ἀνδροφόvou ; celle d’Hsch. plus confuse encore, ἰωρός ᾿ τὸ ὀρ «ε >tvèv χωρίον, καὶ τὸ ὄρος ' καὶ οἴκος, καὶ à τούτου φύλαξ. Deux faits émergent de ces données : d’une part le sens de gardien, de l’autre le proverbe et la loi (7) qui mettent hors de l’ioros … — [Chantraine, s.v. γνήσιος, p. 490]

2. γνήσι-ος · gnēsi-os — LSJ

belonging to the race, lawfully begotten, born in wedlock

belonging to the race, i.e. lawfully begotten, born in wedlock, νόθον καὶ γνήσιον Il. 11.102, cf. Od. 14.202, Hdt. 3.2, Leg.Gort. 10.41, Ar. Av. 1665, And. 1.127, D. 44.49, etc.; παίδων ἐπʼ ἀρότῳ γνησίων Men. Pk. 435; ἀδελφός Ar. Av. 1659; νόθος . . γνησίοις ἴσως σθένει S. Fr. 87; φρονοῦντα γνήσια E. Hipp. 309; γ. φρόνημα S. Fr. 307.

2 genuine, legitimate, lawful, true, real, unfeigned, inspired, genuine, genuine, genuine, genuinely, truly, nobly, lawfully

generally, genuine, legitimate, φίλος Phoc. 2 A; γ. γυναῖκες lawful wives, opp. παλλακίδες, X. Cyr. 4.3.1; πολῖται Arist. Pol. 1278a30, cf. 1319b9; γ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος true Greeks, D. 9.30; ἀκουστής D.H. Isoc. 18 (Sup.); μήτηρ τῶν ἐρωτικῶν λόγων, of Aphrodite, Luc. Am. 19; γ. ἀρεταί real, unfeigned virtues, Pi. O. 2.11; γ. ὕμνοι inspired song, B. 8.83; of fevers, γ. τριταῖος a genuine tertian, Hp. Prog. 24; γ. ὄξος genuine vinegar, Eub. 65; of writings, genuine, Gal. 15.748, Harp. s.v. Ἀλκιβιάδης. Ad

II charges on land

γνήσια, τά, charges on land, γ. δημόσια PAmh. 86.15 (i A. D.), cf. PLond. 3.1157.4 (ii A. D.).

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. γνήσιος (scan p. 326; entry #1463).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. γνήσιος (scan p. 490; entry #3476).

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