γνήσιος

gnesios

belonging to the race

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 2
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Book IX 2
Chapter 32 618b18–619b12

619a8
619a9
Politics 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 1277b33–1278b5

1278a30
Book VI 1
Chapter 4 1318b6–1319b29

1319b9
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 1 391a1–391b8

391a26

Dictionary (LSJ)

γνήσιος, α, ον, (γένος) A. 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. 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. Adv. -ίως genuinely, truly, E. Alc. 678, Lys. 2.76, D. Ep. 3.32, etc.; γ. φέρειν bear nobly, Antiph. 281, Men. 205; lawfully, τοῖς γ. συμβιώσασιν Phld. Piet. 93. II. γνήσια, τά, charges on land, γ. δημόσια PAmh. 86.15 (i A. D.), cf. PLond. 3.1157.4 (ii A. D.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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