G
G, g, gavmma , indecl., third letter in Gr. alphabet; as Numeral gV = three, third: but Ëg = 3000.
I. g is the medial palatal mute, between tenuis k and asp. c . Before the palatals g, k, c and before x , pronounced like n in ng, as in a[ggo", a[gko", a[gci, a[gxw : before the same letters ejn- in compos. becomes ejg- .
II.
changes of
g
,
etc.
:
1.
g
is sometimes prefixed,
ai\a gai`a
,
lac
glavgo", gavlakto", noevw gnw`nai, nevfo" gnovfo"
.
2.
sometimes interchanged with
b
,
v.
B b
1. 1; sometimes with
k, gnavptw knavptw
.
ga
ga± , Dor. for ge .
ga`
ga` , Dor. and Aeol. for gh` , earth.
gavggamon
gavgga±mon , tov , a small round net: metaph. a net, douleiva" g . Aesch. (Deriv. unknown.)
Gavdeira
Gavdeira , Ion. Ghvdeira , wn, tav , Lat. Gades, Cadiz , Hdt .: —Adj. Gadeirai`o" porqmov" the Straits of Gibraltar, Plut .: —Adv. Gadeivra<Eth>qen , Anth.
gavza, Gavza
gavza , hJ , Lat. gaza , treasure, Theophr. (A Persian word.) Hence gazofuvlax
gazofuvlax
gazo-fuvlax »uØ1/4, a±ko", oJ , a treasurer, whence gazofuØlavkion , tov , a treasury, N.T.
gaqevw
ga<Eth>qevw, gavqw , Dor. for ghqevw, ghvqw .
gai`a
gai`a , hJ , gen. gaivh" Att. gaiva" , dat. gaiva/ , acc. gai`an :— poët. for gh` , a land, country, Hom ., Trag. ; fivlhn ej" patrivda gai`an to ones dear father land, Hom.
2.
earth, soil,
Il.
II.
Gai`a
, as prop. n.,
Gaia, Tellus, Earth,
spouse of Uranus, mother of the Titans,
Hes.
Gaihvi>o"
Gaihvi>o" , h, on , ( Gai`a ) sprung from Gaia or Earth, Od.
gaihvoco"