γνήσι-ος, α, ον,
(γένος) belonging to the race, i. e. lawfully begotten, born in wedlock, νόθον καὶ γνήσιον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.102, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.202, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.2, “Leg.Gort.” 10.41, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1665, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.127, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.49, etc.; παίδων ἐπ᾽ ἀρότῳ γνησίων 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 435; ἀδελφός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1659; νόθος.. γνησίοις ἴσως σθένει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 87; φρονοῦντα γνήσια 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 309; γ. φρόνημα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 307. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 generally, genuine, legitimate, φίλος [[ 6th c.BC: Phocylides Lyricus 2 ] Refs 6th c.BC+] A; γ. γυναῖκες lawful wives, opposed to παλλακίδες, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.1; πολῖται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278a30, compare 1319b9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος true Greeks, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.30; ἀκουστής 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 18 (_superlative_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μήτηρ τῶν ἐρωτικῶν λόγων, of Aphrodite, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 19 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; γ. ἀρεταί real, unfeigned virtues, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. ὕμνοι inspired song, [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 8.83 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fevers, γ. τριταῖος a genuine tertian, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. ὄξος genuine vinegar, [[ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 65 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of writings, genuine, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.748, 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus see at {Ἀλκιβιάδης}. ] Refs 1st c.AD+] adverb -ίως genuinely, truly, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 678, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.76, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.32, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. φέρειν bear nobly, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 281, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 205 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; lawfully, τοῖς γ. συμβιώσασιν [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 93. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]