γένειον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (γένυς) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[part covered by the beard]], [[chin]], <span class="bibl">Od.16.176</span>; πολιὸν γ. <span class="bibl">Il.22.74</span>; esp. in supplication, ἔλλαβε χειρὶ γενείου <span class="bibl">8.371</span>; γ. χειρὶ παχείῃ ἁψάμενος <span class="bibl">10.454</span>; γενείου λευκήρη τρίχα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>1056</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>666</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.36</span>: in pl., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1277</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1</span>; κείρασθαι τὰ γ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>53</span>: prov. of a lean animal, <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν γ. τε καὶ κέρατα</b> nothing but [[chin]] and horns, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>902</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[beard]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.117</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Theoc.6.36</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>11.5.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.2.10.3</span>, Theo Sm.<span class="bibl">p.104H.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> a lion's [[mane]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[chaps]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>518b17</span>; [[jaws]], AP7.531 (Antip. Thess.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> pl., [[teeth]] of a saw, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>53</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> dub. sens. in <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).165.11, 28 (Dclos, iii B. C.).</span>

|sltr=[[γένειον]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> [[lower]] [[part]] of the [[face]], [[jaw]] λάχναι νιν [[μέλαν]] [[γένειον]] ἔρεφον (O. 1.68)