gennhtov"
gennhtov" , hv, ovn , ( gennavw ) begotten, Plat .; gennhtoi; gunaikw`n born of women, N.T.
gennhvtwr
gennhvtwr , Dor. -avtwr , oro", oJ , = genevtwr , Eur. , Plat.
gennikov"
gennikov" , hv, ovn , = gennai`o" , noble, Ar ., Plat.
gevno"
gevno" , eo", tov , ( giv-gnomai ) race, stock, family, Hom ., etc. ; absol. in acc. , ejx jIqavkh" gevno" eijmiv from Ithaca I am by race, Od.; in Att. with the Art., podapo;" to; gevno" ei\ Ar .; so in dat. , gevnei polivth" Dem. ; oiJejn gevnei = suggenei`" , Soph. ; opp. to oiJ e[xw gevnou" , Id.; gevnou" ei\naiv tino" to be of his race, Id.
II. offspring, even a single descendant, a child, Lat. genus , so;n gevno" Il.; qei`on gevno" , Ib.; so in Trag.
2.
collectively,
offspring, posterity,
Thuc
.,
Dem.
III.
a race,
in regard to number,
g. ajndrw`n
mankind, Il.;
hJmiovnwn, bow`n g
.
Hom.
,
etc.
:—
a clan
or
house,
Lat.
gens
,
Hdt
.; at Athens as a subdivision of the
fratriva
,
Plat.
:—
a tribe,
as a subdivision of
e[qno"
,
Hdt.
:—
a caste,
Id.,
Plat.
: of animals,
a breed,
Hdt.
2. a race in regard to time, an age, generation, Od.; g. cruvseion , Hes. :—hence age, time of life, gevnei u{stero" Il.
IV.
sex,
Plat
.:
gender,
in grammar,
Arist.
V.
a class, sort, kind,
Xen.
2.
in Logic,
genus,
opp. to
ei\do"
(species),
Plat.
gevnto
gevnto , he grasped, = e[laben , found only in this form, Il.:—said to be Aeol. for e{leto (üevleto ) like h\nqon for h\lqon .
II. syncop. for ejgevneto , v. givgnomai .
gevnu", GE vNU S
GE vN ØUS , uo", hJ : dat. gevnui> :— pl. , gen. genuvwn , contr. genu`n , dat. gevnusi , Ep. gevnussi , acc. gevnua" , contr. gevnu<Eth>" :— the under jaw, Od.; in pl. the jaws, the mouth, Il., Trag. ; so in sing. , Theogn. , Eur. :—generally, the side of the face, cheek, Id.
II. the edge of an axe, a biting axe, Soph. ( Cf. gevneion, gnavqo" , Lat. gena.)
geraiov"
geraiov" , av, ovn , ( gevrwn ) = ghraiov" , old, in Hom.and Trag. ; of men, with notion of dignity, like signor, Id.; oJ geraiov" that reverend sire, Il.:— Comp. geraivtero" , Hom. ; oiJ geraivteroi the elders, senators, Aesch. , Xen. ; cf. gevrwn :— Sup. geraivtato" , Ar. ; rarely= presbuvtato" , eldest, Theocr.
II. of things, ancient, Trag.