γόνιμος

gonimos

productive, fertile, fruitful

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 3
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150c3
151e6
157d3
Laws 1
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Book VIII 1
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839a1
Letters 1
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310a8
Republic 1
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Book II 1
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367d2
Timaeus 1
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77d4

Dictionary (LSJ)

γόνιμος, ον, also η, ον Hp. Vict. 1.25, Isyll. 53:—A. productive, fertile, fruitful, σπέρμα γ., opp. ἄγονον, Arist. HA 523a25; κύημα γ. Id. GA 736a35; ᾠὰ γ., opp. ὑπηνέμια, ib.730a6; of women, Id. Pr. 876b12; of the male, Id. HA 546a2, al.; ἐν τῇσι ἡλικίῃσι τῇσι γονίμῃσι εἶναι Hp.l.c.; γ. μέλεα a parentʼs limbs, E. El. 1209 (lyr.); γ. φλέψ AP 6.218 (Alc.); γ. μέρεα generative organs, Aret. SD 2.5: hence (metaph.), ἀπο τίκτειν γ. τε καὶ ἀληθές Pl. Tht. 150c; γ. ἢ ἀνεμιαῖον ib.151e; Νεῖλος γ., opp. πέλαγος, Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 32.6, cf.Sammelb. 2074 (Sup.). Adv. -μως, σπέρμα ἐν τῇ μήτρᾳ γ. κρατηθῆναι Porph. Gaur. 2.2. 2. c. gen.rei, νέφος γ. ὕδατος Arist. Mu. 394a27, cf. Thphr. Ign. 44, Ael. NA 7.5: metaph., πηγαὶ τῆς ὑψηγορίας γονιμώταται Longin. 8.1. 3. metaph. of persons, ποιητὴς γ. poet of true genius, Ar. Ra. 96; γονιμωτέρα γενέσθω ἡ γλῶσσα Luc. Rh.Pr. 23. b. born in lawful wedlock, Man. 6.56: metaph., ἀγαθὰ γ. τῇ αὑτῶν φύσει Pl. R. 367d; γ. ὕδωρ ποταμῶν, opp. νόθον, AP 9.277 (Antiph.). 4. = βιώσιμος, viable, παιδίον Hp. Superf. 4; ἔμβρυον Arist. HA 583b31; βρέφη Ph. 1.45. 5. favourable to generation, of uneven days, Pythagorean term, Plu. 2.288c; of days in illness (because critical for life or death, Erot. s.v.), Hp. Epid. 2.6.8, 2.5.12; γ. μήν, ἔτος, ib.6.10.

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