birth

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

child-birth: P. and V. τόκος, ὁ, or pl. (Plato), λοχεία, ἡ (Plato), 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 (Plato), ἀδοξία, η.