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|Full diacritics=γένειον
|Medium diacritics=γένειον
|Low diacritics=γένειον
|Capitals=ΓΕΝΕΙΟΝ
|Transliteration A=géneion
|Transliteration B=geneion
|Transliteration C=geneion
|Beta Code=ge/neion
|Definition=τό, (γένυς) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">part covered by the beard, chin</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.16.176</span>; πολιὸν γ. <span class="bibl">Il.22.74</span>; esp. in supplication, ἔλλαβε χειρὶ γενείου <span class="bibl">8.371</span>; γ. χειρὶ παχείῃ ἁψάμενος <span class="bibl">10.454</span>; γενείου λευκήρη τρίχα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>1056</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>666</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.36</span>: in pl., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1277</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1</span>; κείρασθαι τὰ γ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>53</span>: prov. of a lean animal, <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν γ. τε καὶ κέρατα</b> nothing but <b class="b2">chin</b> and horns, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>902</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">beard</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.117</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Theoc.6.36</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>11.5.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.2.10.3</span>, Theo Sm.<span class="bibl">p.104H.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> a lion's <b class="b2">mane</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">chaps</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>518b17</span>; <b class="b2">jaws</b>, AP7.531 (Antip. Thess.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> pl., <b class="b2">teeth</b> of a saw, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>53</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> dub. sens. in <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).165.11, 28 (Dclos, iii B. C.).</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0482.png Seite 482]] τό, das Kinn, allein u. mit dem Bart, auch der Bart allein; Hom. Iliad. 8, 371. 10, 454. 22, 74. 24, 516 Odyss. 11, 583. 16, 176. 19, 473; Tragg.; Pind. Ol. 1, 68 [[γένειον]] [[μέλαν]] ἔρεφον λάχναι; Her. 4, 23; Xen. Cyr. 8, 3, 30; πρὸς γενείου, Beschwörungsformel, Soph. El. 1208; [[γένειον]] καὶ κέρατα, sprichwörtlich: Haut u. Knochen, von einem dürren Opferthier, Ar. Av. 902. – Sp. brauchen es in allgemeiner Bdtg, πολυόδοντα, Kinnbacken, Nic. Th. 52; vgl. Arist. H. A. 1, 11; πρίειν γ. ἀφριόεν, Gebiß, Zähne, Antp. Th. 26 (VII, 531); – λέοντος, Mähne, Luc. Cyn. 14. – Sp. brauchen oft den plur. für den sing., bes. Plut., z. B. Anton. 1; vgl. Theocr. 6, 36.
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|lstext='''γένειον''': τὸ, ([[γένυς]]) τὸ [[μέρος]] [[ὅπερ]] καλύπτεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πώγωνος, ἡ [[κάτω]] [[σιαγών]], τὸ πηγοῦνι, mentum, Γερμ. kinn, Ὀδ. ΙΙ. 176 (πρβλ. [[γενειάς]])· πολιὸν γ. Ἰλ. Χ. 74· ἰδίως ἐν ἱκετείᾳ, ἔλλαβε χειρὶ γενείου Θ. 371· γενείου χειρὶ παχείῃ ἁψάμενος Κ. 454· γενείου… λευκήρη [[τρίχα]] Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 1056, πρβλ. Θήβ. 666. κτλ.· κατὰ πληθ., Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 1277·- παροιμ. ἐπὶ ἰσχνοῦ ζῷου, οὐδὲν [[ἄλλο]] πλὴν γένειόν τε καὶ κέρατα, δὲν [[εἶναι]] [[ἄλλο]] τι εἰμὴ πηγοῦνι καὶ κέρατα (πετσὶ καὶ κόκκαλο), Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 902. 2) ὁ [[πώγων]], Ἡρόδ. 6. 117· κατὰ πληθ., Παυσ. 2. 10, 3., 2. 13, 5. 3) ἐν τῇ Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 1. 11, 10, ἡ ἄνω σιαγὼν (ἴδε [[γένυς]])· ἡ [[παρειά]], Νίκ. Θ. 53, Ἀνθ.II. 7. 531.
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{{bailly
|btext=ον (τό) :<br /><b>1</b> menton : γενείου [[λαβεῖν]] <i>ou</i> ἅπτεσθαι, toucher le menton <i>en parl. des suppliants</i> ; πρὸς γενείου, je t’en supplie;<br /><b>2</b> barbe.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[γένυς]].
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{{Autenrieth
|auten=[[chin]]; [[γένειον]] [[λαβεῖν]], ἅψασθαι, done in supplicating a [[person]], Il. 1.501. (See [[cut]] [[under]] [[γουνόομαι]].)
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{{Slater
|sltr=[[γένειον]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> [[lower]] [[part]] of the [[face]], [[jaw]] λάχναι νιν [[μέλαν]] [[γένειον]] ἔρεφον (O. 1.68)
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