Γηγενέτης
earth-born
Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Jul 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[ghgene/ths is the same as] ghgenh/s .
Also [sc. attested is the plural]ghgenei=s ["earth-born ones"], properly [meaning] Adam and Eve who were born out of the earth, since they were not born out of intercourse; but by a misuse of the term [it can mean] every human.1
Also [sc. attested is the plural]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γηγενέτης· ὁ γηγενής. καὶ Γηγενεῖς, οἱ ἐκ γῆς γεγονότες Ἀδὰμ καὶ Εὔα, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἐκ συνουσίας ἐγένοντο, κυρίως· καταχρηστικῶς δὲ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος.