γένυς
φελένη καὶ φάναξ καὶ φοῖκος καὶ φαήρ → Ἑλένη καὶ ἄναξ καὶ οἶκος καὶ ἀήρ | Helen, lord, house, and air
English (LSJ)
υος, ἡ, dat.
A γένυι Pi.O.13.85: pl., gen. γενύων P.4.225 (disyll.), A.Th.122 (lyr.): dat. γένυσι S.Ant.121 (lyr.), Ep. γένυσσι Il.11.416, γενύεσσι Nic. (v. infr.): acc. γένυας, contr. γένῡς:—jaw, πυκάσαι τε γένυς εὐανθέϊ λάχνῃ Od.11.320; ἡ ἄνω γ., ἡ κάτωθεν, Arist.HA492b23, sq.: pl., γένυες both jaws, the mouth with the teeth, Il.23.688, 11. 416, Pi.P.4.225, S.Ant.121: in sg., Thgn.1327, E.Ph.1380, al.: generally, side of the face, cheek, φίλον φίλημα παρὰ γένυν τιθέντα E. Supp.1154. II edge of an axe, axe, S.Ph.1205 (lyr.), El.196 (lyr.); of a fishing-hook, Opp.H.3.539; πυράγρης Nic.Al.50 (pl.). (Cf. Skr. hanus, Lat. gena, etc.) [ῡ twice in E., El.1214 (lyr.), Fr. 530.6.]
