γηγεν-ής, ές,
Doric dialect γᾱγενής Hdn.Gr. 2.419:— earthborn, βολβός [[ 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 1.5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a potter's vessel, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 182.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; indigenous, βούβαλις [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 792. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 earthborn, of primeval men, Ἐρεχθεύς [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.55; Παλαίχθων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 250; τοὺς ἔμπροσθεν φύεσθαι γηγενεῖς καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἀλλήλων γεννᾶσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 269b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 762b29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Thebans, [[ “Tragica Adespota” 84; γ. πρωτοπλάστης LXX.Wis.7.1 ] LXX]; of body, opposed to soul, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 727e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 οἱ γ. the dead, the shades,[[LXX.Pro.2.18, 9.18. ] LXX]
__II born of Gaia, of Titans and Giants, [[ Batrachomyomachia 7, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 353, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 996 (Lyric poetry); ὁ γ. στρατὸς Γιγάντων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1058 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἐπὶ τῶν γηγενῶν (i.e. ἀναστροφήν), opposed to civilized life, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Sto.Herc.” 339.19: in Comedy texts with an insinuation of impiety, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 853 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; (but also boorish, βῶλος, ἄροτρον, γ. ἄνθρωπος [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 108.5)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of things, [[ “Titanic” ] Refs], i.e. portentous, γηγενεῖ φυσήματι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 825: _superlative_ -έστατος] Refs 5th c.BC+] most earthy, i. e. limited in intelligence, [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.763 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]