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