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- γ164Γεωμετρίαgeometry… measure land) or about hypothetical things (as when deductions are made about any triangle). [2] George the Monk, Chronicon 1.74.7-9, cf. 48.21-23.
- γ179Γερράδιαmattings, plaitingsSomething made of strips laid cross-wise. The headword -- neuter plural -- is attested only in lexicography, always with this gloss and always in the plural.
- γ97Γεγωνόνloud, sonorous… unrelated verb, gi/gnomai; glossed in Hesychius gamma258 as gegonw/s, u(pa/rxwn "having become, being." Latte regards it as extracted from Euripides, Phoenician Women 123, where the ti/s is interrogative (web address 1): ti/s, po/qen gegw/s …
- γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… "to test memory" (mnhmo/neia), and distinguishes it from enigma as having not only the character of a game but also a serious side. The person solving the riddle received a particular portion of meat, …
- γ66Γάροςfish-sauce, garum… (see next note) garon was a pungent sauce or paste made with brine and fermented small fish such as anchovies; LSJ entry at web address 1. See recipes at web address 2. [1] It …
- γ219Γειωρίσαιto convert to Judaism… and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves" (KJV).