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γενναῖος, α, ον (Hom. et al.; OGI 589, 1; PMerton 12, 18; StudPal XXII, 33, 15; BGU 801, 5; LXX, Philo; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 319; 2, 24 al.; Tat. 32, 2) gener. pert. to meeting standards of ancestral prestige, then of characteristics associated with high-born pers., noble, illustrious epithet of martyrs or their witness (as 4 Macc) οἱ γενναιότατοι μάρτυρες του Χριστοῦ the most noble witnesses of Christ MPol 2:2; ὁ γενναιότατος … Γερμανικός 3:1; γενναῖα τὰ μαρτύρια 2:1; τὰ γ. ὑποδείγματα noble examples 1 Cl 5:1; τὸ γενναῖον τῆς πίστεως αὐτοῦ κλέος he won glorious renown for his faith 5:6. γέρας γενναῖον λαμβάνειν receive a noble reward 6:2 (cp. Aeschyl. Fgm. 281, 5 TGF μέλος; of inanimate things: Περὶ ὕψους 8, 1; 9, 1 al.). As epithet for Christians gener. brave, able 54:1 (cp. 4 Macc 6:10; PLond IV, 1353, 13 [VII A.D.] ναύτας γενναίους). Sim. of the phoenix strong, powerful (Menand., Fgm. 223, 12 Kock=1, 12 S. ἀλεκτρυών) 25:3.—τὸ γενναῖον as substantive (=γενναιότης, as Soph., Oed. Col. 569; Xenophon; Nicol. Dam: 90 Fgm. 9; 47, 4 Jac.) τὸ γενναῖον αὐτῶν their nobility MPol 2:2.—DELG s.v. γίγνομαι p. 222.
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