γενετή
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A = γενεά 11.3, ἐκ γενετῆς from the hour of birth, Il.24.535, Od.18.6; εὐθὺς ἐκ γ. Arist.EN1144b6; opp. δι' ἔθος, ib.1154a33; later ἀπὸ γενετῆς Iamb.VP30.171.
German (Pape)
[Seite 482] ἡ, Geburt; Hom. zweimal, ἐκ γενετῆς Versanfang, Odyss. 18, 6 Iliad. 24, 535, var. lect. ἐκ γενεῆς, Scholl. Didym. Odyss. 18, 6 ἐκ γενετῆς: ἐκ γε νεῆς, διχῶς, d. h. Aristarch las hier in der einen seiner beiden Ausgaben ἐκ γενετῆς, in der anderen ἐκ γενεῆς; – bei Her. steht jetzt 8, 23 ἐκ γενεῆς; Arist. Eth. 6, 13 u. öfter; Pol. 3, 20, 4 u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γενετή: ἡ, = γενεή, ἐκ γενετῆς, ἐκ τῆς ὥρας τῆς γεννήσεως, ἀφ΄ ὅτου ἐγεννήθη τις, Ἰλ. Ω. 535, Ὀδ. Σ. 7· εὐθὺς ἐκ γ. Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 6. 13, 1· ἀντίθ. πρὸς τὸ δι’ ἔθος, αὐτόθι 7. 14, 4· μεταγεν. ἀπὸ γενετῆς Ἰάμβλ.II. Β. 171.