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|Definition=ἡ, ([[γενέσθαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[offspring]], οἱ οὔ τι παίδων γ. γένετο κρειόντων Il. 24.539; γ. Ἀρκεισιάδαο Od.4.755; <b class="b3">τέκνων δίπτυχος γ.</b> two [[children]], E.''Med.''1136: pl., εἰσὶ χἁτέροις γοναὶ κακαί S.''OC''1192; γ. κατηκόους φύσαντες Id.''Ant.''641; of animals, ταύρων γοναί A.''Fr.''194; <b class="b3">ἐν… τετρασκελεῖ γ.</b>, i.e. among [[quadruped]]s, S.''Fr.''941.10; [[fruit]]s of the [[earth]], Pl.''Ax.''371c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[race]], [[stock]], [[family]], A.''Ag.''1565 (lyr.); ὦ γονῇ γενναῖε [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1469, cf.''El.''156 (lyr.); ἁ Δαρδάνου γ. E.''Tr.''1290: pl., μηδὲν ὢν γοναῖσι [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1094; [[parentage]], ἐξευρεῖν γονάς E.''Ion''328.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[generation]], τρίταισιν ἐν γ. Pi.''P.''4.143; τρίτος… πρὸς δέκ' ἄλλαισιν γ. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''774; τριτοσπόρῳ γονῇ Id.''Pers.''818.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[that which engenders]], [[seed]], Hes.''Op.''733, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.101, 109, Hp.''Genit.''3, Arist.''GA''726a18, etc.: pl., Pi.''N.''7.84, S.''Ant.''950 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[organs of generation]], generally, Hp.''Art.''45, ''Mochl.''1 (also restricted to the [[womb]], Ruf.''Onom.''193, Gal.2.889); πρὶν… μητρὸς ἐκ γονῆς μολεῖν E.''Ph.''1597.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[act of generation]], Pi.''I.''7(6).7; κατὰ φύσιν γονὰς ποιεῖσθαι Aeschin.3.111.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of the mother, [[child-birth]], E.''Ph.''355, Theoc.17.44.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of the child, [[birth]], ἐκ γονῆς Hp.''Epid.''4.31; γονῇ φῦναι γεραιτέρᾳ S. ''OC''1294; γοναὶ ζῴων Arist.''Mu.''399a28.<br><span class="bld">4</span> cure for sterility, Paul. Aeg.3.74.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Pythagorean name for [[unity]], Theol.Ar.6.