1. γνήσιος · gnēsios — Chantraine
The corpus record
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
2. γνήσι-ος · gnēsi-os — LSJ
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.
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
γνήσια, τά, charges on land, γ. δημόσια PAmh. 86.15 (i A. D.), cf. PLond. 3.1157.4 (ii A. D.).
In the wild
- γνησίους · gnēsious Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..4 (DIORISIS sentence 58)
- γνησίως · gnēsiōs Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 5)
- γνησίων · gnēsiōn Aristotle, Politics 1278a (DIORISIS sentence 1006)
- γνησίους · gnēsious Aristotle, Politics 1319b (DIORISIS sentence 2360)
- γνησίως · gnēsiōs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9236)
- γνησίου · gnēsiou Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9072)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. γνήσιος (scan p. 326; entry #1463).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. γνήσιος (scan p. 490; entry #3476).