γόνιμος

A. productive, fertile, fruitful, σπέρμα γ., opp. ἄγονον, Arist. HA 523a25; κύημα γ. Id. GA 736a35; ᾠὰ γ., opp. ὑπηνέμια, ib.730a6; of women, Id. Pr. 876b12; of the male, Id. HA 546a2, al.; ἐν τῇσι ἡλικίῃσι τῇσι γονίμῃσι εἶναι Hp.l.c.; γ. μέλεα a parent's limbs, E. El. 1209 (lyr.); γ. φλέψ AP 6.218 (Alc.); γ. μέρεα generative organs, Aret. SD 2.5: hence (metaph.), ἀπο τίκτειν γ. τε καὶ ἀληθές Pl. Tht. 150c; γ. ἢ ἀνεμιαῖον ib.151e; Νεῖλος γ., opp. πέλαγος, Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 32.6, cf.Sammelb. 2074 (Sup.). Adv. ‐μως, σπέρμα ἐν τῇ μήτρᾳ γ. κρατηθῆναι Porph. Gaur. 2.2.

2. c. gen.rei, νέφος γ. ὕδατος Arist. Mu. 394a27, cf. Thphr. Ign. 44, Ael. NA 7.5: metaph., πηγαὶ τῆς ὑψηγορίας γονιμώταται Longin. 8.1.

3. metaph. of persons, ποιητὴς γ. poet of true genius, Ar. Ra. 96; γονιμωτέρα γενέσθω ἡ γλῶσσα Luc. Rh.Pr. 23.

b. born in lawful wedlock, Man. 6.56: metaph., ἀγαθὰ γ. τῇ αὑτῶν φύσει Pl. R. 367d; γ. ὕδωρ ποταμῶν, opp. νόθον, AP 9.277 (Antiph.).

4. = βιώσιμος, viable, παιδίον Hp. Superf. 4; ἔμβρυον Arist. HA 583b31; βρέφη Ph. 1.45.

5. favourable to generation, of uneven days, Pythagorean term, Plu. 2.288c; of days in illness (because critical for life or death, Erot.s.v.), Hp. Epid. 2.6.8, 2.5.12; γ. μήν, ἔτος, ib.6.10.