Gomorra Gŏmorra or Gŏmorrha, ae, f., = Γόμοῤῥα, the city of Gomorrha, in Palestine, Vulg. Gen. 10, 19; 14, 2; 19, 28 et saep.; called also Gŏmorrhum, Tert. Apol. 40; Sol. 35. Deriv.: Gŏmorrhaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gomorrha: ruinae,Prud. Ham. 844.
Gonni Gonni, ōrum, m., a town of Thessaly near the Vale of Tempe, now Lycóstomo, Liv. 33, 10; 36, 10. Also in the sing.: Gonnus, i, m., Liv. 42, 54; 67; 44, 6.
Gonnocondylum Gonnocondylum, i, n., a town of Thessaly, Liv. 39, 25 fin.
Gordianus Gordĭānus, i, m., a Roman proper name; in partic., the name of three Roman emperors, Capitol. Gord. Deriv. Gordĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the emperor Gordian, Gordian: LEGIO,Inscr. Grut. 53, 10; Inscr. Don. cl. 3, no. 48.
Gordius Gordĭus, ii, m., = Γόρδιος, a king of Gordium, in Phrygia Major, famous for the inextricable knot on his chariot, which Alexander the Great cut with his sword, Curt. 3, 1, 15 sqq.; Just. 11, 7, 13 sqq. Hence, Gordĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gordius: nodus,i. e.
an insoluble problem
,Amm. 14, 11, 1.
Gordiutichos Gordiūtīchos, n., a town of Phrygia Major, Liv. 38, 13.
Gorge Gorge, ēs, f., a daughter of Œneus, and sister of Meleager and Dejanira, who was changed into a bird, Ov. M. 8, 543; Hyg. Fab. 174; the same, Gorgis, ĭdis, ib. 97.
Gorgo Gorgo, ŏnis, or -gūs (also Gorgŏ-na, ae, Prud. στεφ. 10, 278), f., = Γοργώ, a daughter of Phorcus, called Medusa, whose hair consisted of snakes, and who turned all she looked upon to stone; she was killed by Perseus. Her head was fixed on the shield of Pallas, and from her blood sprang the winged horse Pegasus, Ov. M. 4, 699; 5, 180; 202; Verg. A. 2, 616; 8, 438; Val. Fl. 3, 54; Mart. 9, 26, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124. In apposition: ora Medusae Gorgonis anguineis cincta fuisse comis,Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 12. Plur., the Gorgons, the three daughters of Phorcus, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom are described as above, Verg. A. 6, 289; Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 200; Mart. 10, 4, 9. Derivv. Gorgŏnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gorgon, Gorgonian: crines,Ov. M. 4, 801; 5, 196: domus,
Gorgobina Gorgobĭna, ae, f., a city on the borders of Aquitania, settled by the Boii, perhaps the modern Charlieu, on the Loire, Caes. B. G. 7, 9, 6.
Gorgonidonii Gorgŏnĭdōnĭi campi, a name comically formed, qs. Gorgon-fields, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 13; v. Ritschl ad h. l.
gorgonifer gorgŏnĭfer, ĕri, m.Gorgo-fero, the Gorgon-bearer, a poet. epithet of Perseus: PERSEO INVICTO, Inscr. ap. Gud. 56, 8.
Gortyn Gortyn, ȳnos, v.the foll. art.
Gortyna Gortȳna, ae, and Gortȳne, ēs (also Cortȳnia, ae, Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6; and Gortyn, nos, acc. to the Gr. Γόρτυν, Val. Fl. 1, 709), f., = Γορτύνη, an important and very ancient city of Crete, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; 12, 1, 5, § 11; Luc. 3, 186; Sen. Troad. 821. Derivv. Gortȳnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Gortyna, Gortynian; and poet., in gen., for Cretan (cf. Gnosius, under Gnosus, II. A.): judex,
Gothi Gŏthi, ōrum, m., = Γόθοι, the Goths, the great tribe of Northern Germany: huc possem victos inde referre Gŏthos,Aus. Epigr. 3 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 1135; 1159; and scanned Gōthi,id. ib. 1162 (of the year A. D. 565). Usually regarded as the same tribe, called, at an earlier period, Gŏthō-nes or Gŏtōnes, Tac. A. 2, 62; and, Gŭtōnes, Plin. 4, 14, 28, § 99; 37, 2, 11, § 35; but these were more probably the Getae, i. e. the Prussians and Lithuanians; cf. Holzmann ad Tac. G. p. 260 sq. Derivv.: Gŏthĭa, ae, f., the country of the Goths, Amm. 30, 2.Gŏ-thĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Goths, Gothic: bellum, Trebell. XXX. Tyrann. 30. Gothicus, i, m., a surname bestowed on the conqueror of the Goths, Inscr. Grut. 276, 4; Num. ap. Eckh. D. N. V. 7, p. 472.
Gothini Gothīni, ōrum, m., a Celtic tribe that inhabited the region about the modern Cracow, Tac. G. 43.