γένεσις. [138] 3. Origin. τὴν γένεσιν λαμβάνει = Lat. originem sumit.
γενικός. [68] 20, [118] 21, [208] 21. General, generic. Lat. generalis.
γενναῖος. [68] 4, [136] 13, [146] 10, [148] 9, [172] 1, [176] 9, 10. Noble. Lat. generosus. Such English renderings as ‘virile,’ ‘robust,’ ‘gallant,’ ‘splendid,’ ‘high-spirited’ may also be suggested. In Plato Rep. ii. 372 B μάζας γενναίας = ‘lordly cakes’; in Long. de Subl. xv. 7 οἱ γενναῖοι = ‘fine, grand, gallant fellows.’ Cp. C.V. [170] 9 μαλακώτερος θατέρου καὶ ἀγεννέστερος.
γλαφυρός. [136] 14, [208] 26, [212] 16, [216] 20, [232] 25, [248] 9. Smooth, polished, elegant. Lat. politus, ornatus, elegans. Fr. élégant, orné, poli. Cp. Demetr. p. 272, and de Isocr. c. 2 ὁ γὰρ ἀνὴρ οὕτος τὴν εὐέπειαν ἐκ παντὸς διώκει καὶ τοῦ γλαφυρῶς λέγειν στοχάζεται μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦ ἀφελῶς, and de Demosth. c. 40 ἡ δὲ μετὰ ταύτην ἡ γλαφυρὰ καὶ θεατρικὴ καὶ τὸ κομψὸν αἱρουμένη πρὸ τοῦ σεμνοῦ τοιαύτη.
γλυκαίνειν. [130] 18, [134] 10, [154] 12. To touch with sweetness. Lat. delenire, voluptate perfundere. Cp. γλυκύτης [120] 21, γλυκύς [146] 9.
γλυπτός. [264] 18. Carven, chiselled. Lat. caelatus. So γλυφή, carving, [120] 1.
γλῶττα. [78] 17. An unfamiliar term. Lat. vocabulum inusitatum. So γλωττηματικός, [252] 23, [272] 11, and D.H. p. 187, s.v. Obsolete, or obsolescent, words (mots surannés) are often meant.—In [80] 17 γλῶττα = διάλεκτος ([88] 26).
γοητεύειν. [122] 16, [134] 13. To entice. Lat. pellicere.
γράμμα. [130] 21, [138] 5, etc. Letter of the alphabet. Lat. littera. ἡ γραμματική ([140] 11) = grammar; γραμμαί ([138] 2) = the lines, or strokes, from which γράμματα are formed. In [264] 18 γραπτός = written.
γραφή. [68] 12, [184] 18, [186] 1, [206] 23, [228] 12. Writing, composition (in the wider sense). In [118] 24 and [234] 13 γραφαί = pictures.