A.belonging to the race, i. e. lawfully begotten, born in wedlock, “νόθον καὶ γνήσιον” Il.11.102, cf. Od.14.202, Hdt.3.2, Leg.Gort.10.41, Ar.Av.1665, And.1.127, D.44.49, etc.; “παίδων ἐπ᾽ ἀρότῳ γνησίων” Men.Pk.435; “ἀδελφός” Ar.Av.1659; “νόθος . . γνησίοις ἴσως σθένει” S.Fr.87; “φρονοῦντα γνήσια” E.Hipp.309; “γ. φρόνημα” S.Fr. 307.
2. generally, genuine, legitimate, “φίλος” Phoc.2 A; γ. γυναῖκες lawful wives, opp. παλλακίδες, X.Cyr.4.3.1; “πολῖται” Arist.Pol.1278a30, cf. 1319b9; γ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος true Greeks, D.9.30; “ἀκουστής” D.H. Isoc.18 (Sup.); μήτηρ τῶν ἐρωτικῶν λόγων, of Aphrodite, Luc.Am.19; γ. ἀρεταί real, unfeigned virtues, Pi.O.2.11; γ. ὕμνοι inspired song, B.8.83; of fevers, γ. τριταῖος a genuine tertian, Hp.Prog.24; γ. ὄξος genuine vinegar, Eub.65; of writings, genuine, Gal.15.748, Harp. s.v. Ἀλκιβιάδης. Adv. -ίως genuinely, truly, E.Alc.678, Lys. 2.76, D.Ep. 3.32, etc.; γ. φέρειν bear nobly, Antiph.281, Men.205; lawfully, “τοῖς γ. συμβιώσασιν” Phld.Piet.93.