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- γ26ΓαλεώδηςGaleodes… is wrong: lower-case galew/dhs ('shark-like') occurs as an adjective in Aristotle and elsewhere.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ479Γυμνασίαexercise… one-word gloss the source becomes Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 27.7-28.2. [1] i.e. Aristotle; Alexander is commenting on Aristotle, Topica 101a26-101b4. [2] On "reputable opinions" see epsilon 1182 and Cooper (1999), 281-291. …Matched in noteshighmedium
- γ490Γυμνοσοφισταίnaked-sophistsMentioned in Greek sources from Aristotle onwards, i.e. once Alexander the Great encountered them. See already under alpha 425 (and beta 524), and generally Richard Stoneman, "Naked philosophers: the Brahmans in the Alexander historians …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ143Γεννητικήprocreative [power]… 474. [3] cf. sigma 660. [4] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 228.10-19. [5] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 192.1-3. In Alexander's text, the last clause has a)ge/nhta with single nu: …Matched in noteshighmedium
- γ350Γνωριμώτερονmore familar, rather familiar, more notable, rather notablecf. Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 435.21-22; 437.8,16.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ327Γνάφαλοιmattress-stuffing, flock… plural of gnaphalos, a bird of unknown type mentioned by Aristotle); but in fact this gnaphaloi is a variant of knaphalla or knephalla: see LSJ s.v. knephallon and kappa 1858. [1] Abbreviated from Artemidorus …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ353ΓνῶσιςknowledgeFrom John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's De Anima 75.19-23 Hayduck. For this headword see also gamma 354, gamma 355.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ164Γεωμετρίαgeometry… cf. generally gamma 163. [1] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 482.14-15. Geometry can be about actual things (as when it is used to measure land) or about hypothetical things (as when deductions …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ418Γραμματεύςclerk, secretary… secretaries of classical Athens (as already in gamma 417). See (?)Aristotle, Ath.Pol. 54.3-4; and cf. Pollux 8.98 and Harpokration s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ24Γαλέαgalea… attested galeo/s (usually identified as 'dog-fish' or small shark; cf. Aristotle, History of Animals 489b6). In addition to 'small', Aelian characterizes it as 'short... it blinks its eyes... has pupils similar to the color …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ146Γεννηταίclan-members… to Plato, Philebus 30D; cf. the scholia to Demosthenes 57.23; ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia [Constitution of the Athenians] fr.3; etc. See also gamma 147, phi 693, phi 694.Matched in noteshighmedium
- 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 Manes… were prominent anti-democracy figures of the day (Phormisios, Kleitophon, Theramenes: ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 34.3), there seem good grounds for thinking that all four were. cf. mu 394, mu 395, phi 605, phi 606.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ422Γραμματιστήςgrammarian… and Photius gloss differently.) [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 462.5. [3] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.6.23 (web address 1, here with the words rearranged). In 540 CE Paulos …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ97Γεγωνόνloud, sonorous… Aelian, On the nature of animals 9.13 (probably deriving from Aristotle), on frogs. [4] This participle occurs six times (at a verse-end) in Homer, Iliad; Latte on Hesychius gamma257 claims the instance relevant here …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ302ΓλῶτταtongueThree excerpts from John Philoponus' Commentary on Aristotle's De anima. [1] 405.21-406.7 (here abridged). [2] 380.27-381.22 (here abridged, and with some garbling). For the pharynx see phi 117. [3] 380.13-16 (here slightly abridged). Material …Matched in noteshighlong