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|Definition=ᾶς, Ion. γενεή, ῆς, ἡ, Ep. dat. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> γενεῆφι <span class="bibl">Il.14.112</span>: (γενέσθαι): </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of the persons in a family, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[race]], [[family]], Πριάμου γ. <span class="bibl">Il.20.306</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.1.222</span>, <span class="bibl">16.117</span>; γενεήν τε τόκον τε <span class="bibl">Il.15.141</span>; ἴδμεν… γενεήν, ἴδμεν δὲ τοκῆας <span class="bibl">20.203</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">214</span>; <b class="b3">γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος</b> higher [[by birth]] or [[blood]], <span class="bibl">11.786</span> (but [[younger]] in Archil. ap. Sch.ad l.); <b class="b3">ταύτης εἶναι γ. καὶ αἵματος</b> [[of]] this [[race]] and blood, <span class="bibl">Il.6.211</span>; πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζειν <span class="bibl">10.68</span>; [[γενεῇ]] [[by birthright]], <span class="bibl">Od.1.387</span>; <b class="b3">Αἰτωλὸς γενεήν</b> [[by descent]], <span class="bibl">Il.23.471</span>; γενεὴν Διός <span class="bibl">21.187</span>; <b class="b3">γενεὴ ἔκ τινος</b> [[descent]] from... ib.<span class="bibl">157</span>; γενεὴν ἀπὸ Θρηίκης <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.134</span>; of horses, [[breed]], [[stock]], <span class="bibl">Il.5.265</span>, <span class="bibl">268</span>: pl., <b class="b3">χρήματα καὶ γενεάς</b> [[families]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Tim.</span>34</span>; <b class="b3">γενεὰν ποιεῖσθαι</b> to have [[issue]], <span class="title">GDI</span>1798 (Delph.); <b class="b3">πατριὰ καὶ γ</b>., = [[φρατρία καὶ γένος]], ib.1152 (Elis): hence, [[tribe]], [[nation]], <b class="b3">Περσῶν γ., Τυρρηνῶν γ</b>., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 912</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eleg.</span>2</span>:—rare in Prose, <b class="b3">τίς ὢν γενεάν</b>; <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.1.6</span>; καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ τὰν γ. ἀπολέσθαι <span class="title">SIG</span>306.8 (Tegea, iv B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[race]], [[generation]], οἵηπερ φύλλων γ. τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Il.6.146</span>; δύο γ. μερόπων ἀνθρώπων <span class="bibl">1.250</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.142</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.14</span>, Heraclit. ap. Plu.2.415e (but, = [[μήν]], Id. ap. <span class="bibl">Lyd.<span class="title">Mens.</span>3.14</span>); ἀστὴν ἐξ ἀστῶν ἀμφοτέρων ἐπὶ τρεῖς γ. γεγενημένην <span class="title">SIG</span>1015.6 (Halic.); [[age]], <b class="b3">γ. ἀνθρωπηΐη</b> the historical, opp. to the mythical, [[age]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.122</span>; ἐπὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας γ. <span class="bibl">D.H.3.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[offspring]], <span class="bibl">Il.21.191</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.86</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>189</span> (lyr.); of a single person, <b class="b3">Τυροῦς γ</b>. (i. e. Pelias) <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.136</span>, cf.[[l]].<span class="bibl">8(7).71</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[class]], [[kind]], τὸ σύμμετρον καὶ καλὸν καὶ ὁπόσα τῆς γ. ταύτης ἐστίν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>66b</span>; ταύτης τοι γενεᾶς ὁ νοῦς οὗτος <span class="bibl">Plot.5.1.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of Time or Place, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[birthplace]], γ. ἐπὶ λίμνῃ Γυγαίῃ <span class="bibl">Il.20.390</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.1.407</span>; of an eagle's [[evrie]], <span class="bibl">15.175</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[age]], [[time of life]], γενεῆφι νεώτατος <span class="bibl">Il.14.112</span>; <b class="b3">γενεῇ πρεσβύτατος, προγενέστερος, ὁπλότερος</b>, <span class="bibl">6.24</span>,<span class="bibl">9.161</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.19.184</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> after Hom., [[time of birth]], ἐκ γενεῆς <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.33</span>,<span class="bibl">4.23</span>; ἀπὸ γ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.8</span>.</span>