γόνιμος

From o-grade of the root of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born, come into existence”) + -ιμος (-imos, suffix for adjective of capability): literally "able to produce".

γόνῐμος • (gónĭmos) m (feminine γονῐ́μη, neuter γόνῐμον); first/second declension

1. productive, fertile, fruitful
   1. (figuratively, of an author) genius
2. of a legitimate child: born in lawful wedlock
   1. viable
   2. (rarely) favorable to generation (of uneven days, or days in illness)

• (viable): βιώσιμος (biṓsimos)

• (antonym(s) of “productive”): ἄγονος (ágonos)

• “γόνιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γόνιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fertile idem, page 316.
  • fruitful idem, page 348.
  • generative idem, page 356.
  • productive idem, page 645.
  • prolific idem, page 653.

From Ancient Greek γόνιμος (gónimos).

γόνιμος • (gónimos) m

1. fertile, capable of growing abundant crops
2. fertile, capable of reproducing
3. (figuratively) fertile, productive or prolific

• άγονος (ágonos)