birth

αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Child-birth: P. and V. τόκος, ὁ, or pl. (Plat.), λοχεία, ἡ (Plat.), V. λοχεύματα, τά, γονή, ἡ.

A coming into being: P. and V. γένεσις, ἡ, Ar. and V. γονή, ἡ.

Descent: P. and V. γένος, τό, V. σπορά, ἡ; see descent.

By birth: P. and V. γένει, V. γένεσιν (acc. of γένεσις), γονῇ.

Younger by birth: V. φύσει νεώτερος.

Father by birth (as opposed to adoption): P. γόνῳ πατήρ.

Origin, beginning: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ.

From birth: P. ἀπὸ γενεᾶς (Xen.).

High birth: P. and V. γενναιότης, ἡ, εὐγένεια, ἡ, τὸ γενναῖον.

Low birth: P. and V. δυσγένεια, ἡ (Plat.), ἀδοξία, η.