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|Definition=εως, ἡ, ([[γενέσθαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[origin]], [[source]], Ὠκεανόν τε θεῶν γένεσιν Il.14.201; <b class="b3">Ὠκεανοῦ, ὅς περ γένεσις πάντεσσι τέτυκται</b> ib.246, cf. Pl.''Tht.'' 180d; [[beginning]], in dual, τοῖν γενεσέοιν ἡ ἑτέρα Id.''Phd.''71e.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[manner of birth]], Hdt.1.204, 6.69, etc.; [[race]], [[descent]], Id.2.146; πατρὸς οὖσα γένεσιν Εὐρύτου S.''Tr.''380; [[κατὰ γένεσιν]] = [[by birth]], opp. [[καθ' υἱοθεσίαν]] = [[by adoption]], ''IG''12(1).181 (Rhodes).<br><span class="bld">2</span> Astrol., [[nativity]], [[geniture]], AP 11.164 (Lucill.), 183 (Id.), ''Epigr.Gr.''314.21 (Smyrna), ''PLond.''1.98r60 (i A. D.), Vett.Val.216.6: hence, [[lot]], [[fortune]], Astramps.''Orac.'' 16.8,23.7.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[production]], [[generation]], [[coming into being]], opp. [[ὄλεθρος]], Parm.8.21; more usually opp. [[φθορά]], Pl.''Phlb.''55a, etc.; [[Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς]] = [[On Generation and Corruption]], Lat. [[De Generatione et Corruptione]], title of work by Arist.: generally, [[formation]], πύου Hp.''Aph.''2.47; [[origination]], [[making]], <b class="b3">ἱματίων, περὶ τὰ ἀμφιέσματα</b>, Pl. ''Plt.''281b,3; γένεσις καὶ [[οὐσία]] [[δικαιοσύνη]]ς Id.''R.''359a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[τὸ γίγνεσθαι]], [[becoming]], opp. [[οὐσία]], ib.525b, ''Ti.''29c, Procl.''Inst.''45,al.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> concrete, [[creation]], i.e. [[all created things]], Pl.''Phdr.''245e; γένεσις καὶ [[κόσμος]] Id.''Ti.''29e, freq. in Ph., as 1.3,al., cf. Plot.6.3.2, etc.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[race]], [[kind]] or [[sort]] of animals, Pl.''Plt.''265b, etc.; [[family]], <b class="b3">δίδυμος γένεσις</b> of the [[Spartan]] [[king]]s, Id.''Lg.''691d.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[generation]], [[age]], Id.''Phdr.''252d: pl., Id.''Plt.''310d; <b class="b3">κατὰ περίστασιν τῆς γενέσεως</b> [[according]] to the [[circumstance]]s of his [[time]], Porph.''Sent.''32.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> [[παιδοπόρος γένεσις]] = [[genitalia muliebria]], AP9.311 (Phil.).<br><span class="bld">VIII</span> Math., [[generation]] of a [[figure]], Papp.234.4,al.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[origin]] of a [[spiral]], Id.272.7; ἡ ἐν τῇ γενέσει εὐθεῖα = the [[initial]] [[line]], Id.286.22.