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- γ17Γαλακτοπότηςmilk-drinker[Meaning] one who drinks milk.
- γ94ΓεγράψομαιI will have been enrolled[Meaning] I will need. "So that I will not have been enrolled under Creon [Author, Myth] as patron." Sophocles says [this].
- γ97Γεγωνόνloud, sonorous[Meaning] audible; [describing] a clear voice. Also [sc. attested is the related verb] gegwni/skein ["to cry aloud"], [meaning] to speak audibly. Also [sc. attested is the comparative] gegwno/teron ["louder"], [meaning] more/rather piercing. Also [sc. …
- γ109Γελαστήςderider[Meaning] one who laughs at [someone or something]. "I have not come as a derider, Oedipus, nor to reproach any of your earlier faults." Creon [Author, Myth] says [this].
- γ130Γένεθλαoffshoots, races[Meaning] offsprings.
- γ139Γενέτηςancestor[Meaning] father.
- γ142Γενειάςbeard[Means] the hairs. [sc. But neuter] geneion ["chin"] [means] the place, the part of the body. "Our of his bushy beard flowed springs of fountain water." Search in [the entry on] aponoia ["senselessness"]. The …
- γ157Γένυςhatchet; lower jawA type of axe: "when the opposing blows of all-bronze hatchets were sped against you." Also [means] the chin.
- γ250ΓηρωβοσκῶI tend in old age[Meaning] I care for the elderly. Sophocles [writes]: "so that he would come to tend [them] in their old age for ever, up until they should come to the recesses of the god below."
- γ259Γῆς ὀμφαλόςearth's navel[Meaning] the temple of Apollo. "For if such doings as these [are] honorable, why must I dance in the chorus? No longer do I go as a worshipper to the inviolate navel of the …
- 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."
- γ294Γλωσσαλγίανverbosity, wordiness[Meaning] idle verbiage.
- γ295Γλῶσσανtongue"An idle [tongue] but a hardworking hand I had. Now I have come to the test and I see that the tongue and not the deed matters most to mortals"; thus it should be …
- γ296Γλῶσσα ποῖ πορεύῃ;o tongue where are you going?Answer: "to rebuild a city and to tear down a city"; the proverb [is used] in reference to those who are either helping or harming through their words.
- γ297Γλώσσαργον ἦθοςgarrulous habitMeaning a quick and glib [one].
- γ300Γλώσσῃ σὺ δεινόςyou are terrific with your tongue["You are terrific with your tongue;] but I know no just man who speaks well from every [angle]"; that is, who wants to appear to be saying just things from every [angle].
- γ311Γλυκεῖ' ὀπώρα φύλακος ἐκλελοιπότοςwith the watchman having abandoned sweet fruits[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who reap others' profits without toil. Interpretation of a dream: nibbling sweets you will have bitter ways.
- γ341Γνώμην ἐμήνmy opinionMeaning according to my opinion and way of thinking. Opinion: in Sophocles 'opinion' [is used] in Ajax Whipbearer: "placing opinions of incurable joy in his eyes." [Athena] is speaking of his joy at thinking …
- γ352Γνώσῃ δὲ τοὺς τούτου τε κἀμοῦ μαθητάς τούτου μὲν Φορμίσιος Μεγαίνετός θ' ὁ Μάνηςyou will recognize his pupils and mine -- his are Phormisios and Megainetos the ManesNames of slaves.
- γ358Γνωτόςintimate[Meaning a] brother. Also [sc. attested is the corresponding feminine] gnwth/, [meaning a] sister. "O dear Oedipus, you [all] have come forth desiring things which are intimate and not unknown to me. For well …
- γ375Γομφοπαγῆ ῥήματαbolt-fastened expressionsMeaning very precise [ones], much-compounded [ones]. Aristophanes [is speaking] about Aeschylus.
- γ389ΓόργιαGorgia, Gorgon-masksAmong Dorians [these are] the masks of the actors, of the tragedians from [= on] the stage.
- γ392ΓοργόνηGorgonAristophanes [writes]: "and he roused Gorgon out of his shield.' As if he was saying, allegorically, [Lamachos] gave himself a bump on the head. For wishing to say "and from the impact he gave …
- γ398Γοργῶπιςfierce-eyed[*gorgw=pis is the same as] gorgo/fqalmos.
- γ399Γοργωπὸν ἕδρανfierce-eyed set[Meaning an] alarming position.
- γ412Γωνίαcorner[Meaning] that of a house. Also [sc. attested is] gwniasmo/s ["corner-work"]. Lysias in the [speech] Against Lysitheos (if it is genuine) says "for one following the bends in the wall, councilmen, [there is] a …