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- γ219Γειωρίσαιto convert to Judaism… to mean someone not born Jewish but converted to Judaism (Philo 1.417, Isaiah 14.1), leading to the technical term גיור ("giur", conversion). Hesychius defines the plural as "neighbors joined to Israel from another race, …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ450ΓρηγόριοςGregorios, Gregorius, Gregory… arts of grammar and poetry but excelled even more in philosophy, and was an accomplished rhetor. This man wrote many prose works; for his compositions count together approximately 30000 lines. Amongst them are the …Matched in translationhighlong
- γ453ΓρηγόριοςGregorios, Gregorius, GregoryBrother of Hermeias the philosopher. He was completely the opposite of Hermeias: intelligent in the extreme, and quick in his inquiries and his lessons; but otherwise he was not a peaceful soul nor did …Matched in translationhighshort
- γ207ΓέσιοςGesios, Gesius… he was stately and eloquent; delving only a little in philosophy, but in medicine to the fullest. In this way he came to possess a large fortune and was granted imperial honors that were …Matched in translationhighmedium
- γ479Γυμνασίαexercise… is useful for three reasons: for exercise, for conversations, for philosophical sciences. Exercise, he is saying, is what happens in discussion over things; for they take a problem and will make trial of it …Matched in translationhighmedium
- γ490Γυμνοσοφισταίnaked-sophists[sc. A term for] the philosophers among Babylonians, and among Assyrians.Matched in translationhighshort
- γ147Γεννῆταιclan-members, clansmen… first clan of the thirty clans; [they were those] whom Philochorus says were previously called homogalaktes ["drinkers of the same milk"]. Isaeus, however, names the clansmen simply as those related to one another by …Matched in translationhighmedium
- γ101Γεηρόνearthy, earthly… an adjective -- here neuter nominative/accusative singular -- used by philosophers: see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ298Γλῶσσα ταμιείουadvocacy of the treasurycf. [kappa 2765] Quirinus. Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 2.29, has a potted biography (this episode included) of Quirinus of Nicomedia.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ463ΓρύλλοςGryllos, GryllusSons of Xenophon the Socratic [sc. philosopher] [were] Gryllos and Diodoros. Also [sc. attested is] gryllos, a piglet.Matched in translationhighshort
- γ253Γηρυόνεια δένδραGeryonian trees… the source of only the first of them is identifiable: Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 5.5. For Geryon see generally gamma 254.Matched in noteshighshort
- γ478ΓύλωνGylon… married. But having two daughters, he sent them home, where Philochares married one of them and Kleoboulos the other.Matched in translationhighshort
- γ32ΓαληνόςGalenos, Galenus, Galen… geometer and architect. He composed many works on medicine and philosophy, and also on grammar and rhetoric; because they are familiar to everyone, I have not thought it necessary to catalogue them here. He …Matched in translationhighshort
- γ22ΓαλάτειαGalateia, Galatea… Best-known for the story, first ascribed to the dithyrambic poet Philoxenus of Kythera (phi 393), of the love of the cyclops Polyphemus for her (see theta 475). Philoxenus was writing in the court of …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ226Γηγενεῖςearth-born (ones)… and god-battling [ones], because of the Giants. Thus Aristophanes accuses philosophers in Clouds: "did you learn these clever things by going to the earth-born ones?" Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "by an earth-born …Matched in translationhighshort
- γ466Γρύξαιto growl, to grumble, to grunt, to murmur, to mutter… somewhere; if so, extant possibilities include Isaeus (8.27), Herodas and Philostratus; note, however, that Latte on Photius s.v. cites instances of other forms of this verb in the Septuagint (Exodus 11.7, Joshua 10.21). The …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ295Γλῶσσανtongue… accusative singular, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Philoctetes 97-99 (web address 1 below), Odysseus speaking, with comment from a scholiast there who quotes line 96.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
- γ388ΓοργίαςGorgiasc.485-c.380 BC. See generally RE Gorgias(8); OCD4 Gorgias(1); DK 82; Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.9. [1] In Sicily. [2] [epsilon 1002] Empedocles. [3] [pi 2170] Polus. [4] [pi 1180] Pericles. [5] [iota 652] …Matched in noteshighmedium
- γ41ΓάλλοςGallus… Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable; cf. tau 1175. [5] A witticism of the philosopher Arcesilaus (alpha 3950) in Diogenes Laertius 4.43.Matched in noteshighmedium
- γ143Γεννητικήprocreative [power]… [2] cf. theta 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium
- γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… of allegory in some rhetorical lists of figures of speech. Philodemus, however, in reporting this, excludes griphos and urbane witticism from allegory, accepting enigma, paroemia (the misapplication of a proverb to a situation in …Matched in noteshighshort
- γ4ΓάγγηςGanges… entry, from "10 cubits tall.." on, is a quotation from Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 3.20.2-3, in a story about how the Ethiopians supposedly came to leave their original homeland in India and …Matched in noteshighmedium
- 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