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- γ54Γαμψόνcrooked[Meaning something that is] bending/bent. "And a crooked fish-hook bound to horse hairs, a hidden snare for fishes." In the Epigrams: "and a crooked sickle, corn-cutting tool of the field." And again: "curved grain-reaping …
- γ99ΓεδεώνGideonJudge of Israel, he smote Midian with those who had stood out in the drinking and also Oreb and Zeeb and Zebah and Zalmunna their leaders; and he tore down the fortress of Peniel, …
- γ110Γέλγιθεςgarlic-cloves[Meaning] heads of garlic. "And fresh garlic-cloves and pears, ample desserts for wine drinkers."
- γ180Γεράνδρυον μεταφυτευόμενονtransplanted tree-stump[sc. This proverbial phrase] carries over to one who is incapable, because it is necessary that those who are past it do not encroach on the deeds of those in their prime.
- γ183Γέρανοςcrane[Meaning] the bird [of that name], common in gender. Babrius [writes]: "the Libyan crane and the fine-crested peacock were always feeding on the green grass of winter."
- γ187Γεργέριμονover-ripe[Meaning] the ripened olive on the tree. "[Over-ripe] and pituris, and [one] which they preserved white". That is, the olive crushed and so preserved. "An autumn-olive swimming in brine"; he is speaking of the …
- γ192Γεραιόςvenerable[Meaning] honoured. Also one who is full of wrinkles. In the Epigrams: "a fair-coated pomegranate and wrinkle-skinned figs." And elsewhere: "from which the old man sent forth sweet scent from his soft lips."
- γ199Γέρρονwicker-shieldAn item of arms. Xenophon [writes]: "a wicker-shield in the left [hand], a scimitar or sabre in the right". And elsewhere: "they captured wicker-shields with raw oxhide coverings, about 20 of them".
- γ205Γέρροινwith a pair of wickersEupolis says a)po\ staurou= ["from a fence"]. And Demosthenes [writes]: "and they set the wickers on fire." And [sc. the term can also mean] places which are fenced in; also Persian shields [made] out …
- γ223Γίγαρτονgrape-stone[Meaning] the covering of the grape.
- γ234Γηθυλλίςscallion, spring onionA vegetable similar to a leek, which some call wild-leek.
- γ248ΓήρειονGereionA place [of that name]. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'Gereian year', [meaning] long ago.
- γ253Γηρυόνεια δένδραGeryonian trees['Geryonian trees'] and [sc. also attested is] 'Geryonian yarn'.
- γ260Γήσειαhorn onions[A kind of] onions.
- γ261Γήτειαhorn onionsA type of plant, resembling a leek.
- γ262Γήτειονhorn onion[Meaning] the wild-leek. Aristophanes [writes]: "[don't] beat this man with a horn onion." "I will give you early-morning gifts of an evergreen horn onion and the dewy drops sprayed from my mouth." And elsewhere …
- γ265Γίγαρταgrape-stones[Meaning] the fruit of the grape-clusters. Aristophanes [writes]: "being without grape-stones, and loving dried figs." For rustics used to crush grape-stones and eat them with dried figs.
- γ277Γλάμωνbleary-eyed[Meaning] one who is purblind in the eyes and has eyes that are runny, like Charon [Author, Myth]. A bleary-eyed person [is] an unclean person. And Sophocles [sc. uses the term] in reference to …
- γ284Γλεῦκοςgrape-juice, must[Meaning] what trickles out of the grape before it is trampled. And the tragedy says about Ajax: "his death is bitter to me rather than sweet [as] to them."
- γ287ΓληχώglechoAttic writers [use the word] in the feminine [to mean] oregano. But others say blhxw/. Also said is glh/xwn, [genitive] glh/xwnos. A plant: look under the entry for pennyroyal. But Glichon [spelled] with iota …
- γ318ΓλυκυσίδηpeonyThat which is also called Paionia. It is a medicinal root, a laxative according to physicians.
- γ327Γνάφαλοιmattress-stuffing, flockSomeone seemed [in a dream] to have sheaves of wheat in his mattress instead of stuffing [...] And he begot a male infant. "With the feathers lying beneath jaws."
- γ377Γόνατονjoint"And reeds, ones without joints, had been placed in the bowls."
- γ384Γονύωνof joints[gonu/wn means the same as] gona/twn. Xenophon [writes]: "and reeds were in there, ones without joints."
- γ449ΓραιούδιαgraioudiaWhat among us [are called] boiled unripe-grapes.
- γ472ΓύγηςGygesA Lydian. "Now this man also led an army, once he had become ruler, into both Miletus and Smyrna, and he took the city of Colophon. But no other great deed was done by …
- γ476Γύλιοςpack-basket[Meaning] a soldier's basket, for carrying stuff; oblong, ending in a point to make it hard to break; in it they used to put cheese and olives and onions. The so-called 'soldier's meal-case'. There …