γένειον

English (LSJ)

τό, (γένυς)

   A part covered by the beard, chin, Od.16.176; πολιὸν γ. Il.22.74; esp. in supplication, ἔλλαβε χειρὶ γενείου 8.371; γ. χειρὶ παχείῃ ἁψάμενος 10.454; γενείου λευκήρη τρίχα A.Pers.1056 (lyr.), cf. Th.666, Hdt.2.36: in pl., S.OT1277, Plu.Ant.1; κείρασθαι τὰ γ. Id.Cat.Mi.53: prov. of a lean animal, οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν γ. τε καὶ κέρατα nothing but chin and horns, Ar.Av.902.    2 beard, Hdt.6.117: pl., Theoc.6.36, J.AJ11.5.3, Paus.2.10.3, Theo Sm.p.104H.    b a lion's mane, Luc.Cyn.14.    3 chaps, Arist.HA518b17; jaws, AP7.531 (Antip. Thess.).    4 pl., teeth of a saw, Nic.Th.53.    5 dub. sens. in IG11(2).165.11, 28 (Dclos, iii B. C.).