γενεά

English (LSJ)

ᾶς, Ion. γενεή, ῆς, ἡ, Ep. dat.

   A γενεῆφι Il.14.112: (γενέσθαι):    I of the persons in a family,    1 race, family, Πριάμου γ. Il.20.306, cf. Od.1.222, 16.117; γενεήν τε τόκον τε Il.15.141; ἴδμεν . . γενεήν, ἴδμεν δὲ τοκῆας 20.203, cf. 214; γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος higher by birth or blood, 11.786 (but younger in Archil. ap. Sch.ad l.); ταύτης εἶναι γ. καὶ αἵματος of this race and blood, Il.6.211; πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζειν 10.68; γενεῇ by birthright, Od.1.387; Αἰτωλὸς γενεήν by descent, Il.23.471; γενεὴν Διός 21.187; γενεὴ ἔκ τινος descent from... ib.157; γενεὴν ἀπὸ Θρηίκης Hdt.2.134; of horses, breed, stock, Il.5.265, 268: pl., χρήματα καὶ γενεάς families, Plu.Tim.34; γενεὰν ποιεῖσθαι to have issue, GDI1798 (Delph.); πατριὰ καὶ γ., = φρατρία καὶ γένος, ib.1152 (Elis): hence, tribe, nation, Περσῶν γ., Τυρρηνῶν γ., A.Pers. 912 (lyr.), Eleg.2:—rare in Prose, τίς ὢν γενεάν; X.Cyr.1.1.6; καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ τὰν γ. ἀπολέσθαι SIG306.8 (Tegea, iv B. C.).    2 race, generation, οἵηπερ φύλλων γ. τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν Il.6.146; δύο γ. μερόπων ἀνθρώπων 1.250, etc., cf. Hdt.2.142, Th.1.14, Heraclit. ap. Plu.2.415e (but, = μήν, Id. ap. Lyd.Mens.3.14); ἀστὴν ἐξ ἀστῶν ἀμφοτέρων ἐπὶ τρεῖς γ. γεγενημένην SIG1015.6 (Halic.); age, γ. ἀνθρωπηΐη the historical, opp. to the mythical, age, Hdt.3.122; ἐπὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας γ. D.H.3.15.    3 offspring, Il.21.191, Orac. ap. Hdt.6.86, S.Aj.189 (lyr.); of a single person, Τυροῦς γ. (i. e. Pelias) Pi.P.4.136, cf.l.8(7).71.    4 metaph., class, kind, τὸ σύμμετρον καὶ καλὸν καὶ ὁπόσα τῆς γ. ταύτης ἐστίν Pl.Phlb.66b; ταύτης τοι γενεᾶς ὁ νοῦς οὗτος Plot.5.1.7.    II of Time or Place,    1 birthplace, γ. ἐπὶ λίμνῃ Γυγαίῃ Il.20.390, cf. Od.1.407; of an eagle's evrie, 15.175.    2 age, time of life, γενεῆφι νεώτατος Il.14.112; γενεῇ πρεσβύτατος, προγενέστερος, ὁπλότερος, 6.24,9.161, Od.19.184.    3 after Hom., time of birth, ἐκ γενεῆς Hdt.3.33,4.23; ἀπὸ γ. X.Cyr.1.2.8.