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γενειοσυλλεκτάδαι
γενεός
γενεσιακός
γενεσιαλόγος
γενεσιάρχης
γενεσιαρχικός
γενέσιος
γενεσιουργέω
γενεσιουργία
γενεσιουργός
γένεσις
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γενέτειρα
γενετή
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γένεσις
γένεσις, εως, ,(γενέσθαι)
A). origin, source, Ὠκεανόν τε θεῶν γένεσιν Il. 14.201 ; Ὠκεανοῦ, ὅς περ γ. πάντεσσι τέτυκται ib. 246 , cf. Pl. Tht. 180d ; beginning, in dual, τοῖν γενεσέοιν ἡ ἑτέρα Id. Phd. 71e .
II). manner of birth, Hdt. 1.204 , 6.69 , etc.; race, descent, Id. 2.146 ; πατρὸς οὖσα γένεσιν Εὐρύτου S. Tr. 380 ; κατὰ γένεσιν, opp. καθ’ υἱοθεσίαν, IG 12(1).181 (Rhodes).
2). 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 .
III). production, generation, coming into being, opp. ὄλεθρος, Parm. 8.21 ; more usu. opp. φθορά, Pl. Phlb. 55a , etc.; περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς, title of work by Arist.: generally, formation, πύου Hp. Aph. 2.47 ; origination, making, ἱματίων, περὶ τὰ ἀμφιέσματα, Pl. Plt. 281b , 3 ; γ. καὶ οὐσία δικαιοσύνης Id. R. 359a .
2). = τὸ γίγνεσθαι , becoming, opp. οὐσία, ib. 525b , Ti. 29c , Procl. Inst. 45 ,al.
IV). concrete, creation, i.e. all created things, Pl. Phdr. 245e ; γ. καὶ κόσμος Id. Ti. 29e , freq. in Ph., as 1.3 ,al., cf. Plot. 6.3.2 , etc.
V). race, kind or sort of animals, Pl. Plt. 265b , etc.; family, δίδυμος γ. of the Spartan kings, Id. Lg. 691d .
VI). generation, age, Id. Phdr. 252d : pl., Id. Plt. 310d ; κατὰ περίστασιν τῆς γ. according to the circumstances of his time, Porph. Sent. 32 .
VII). παιδοπόρος γ. genitalia muliebria, AP 9.311 ( Phil.).
VIII). Math., generation of a figure, Papp. 234.4 ,al.
b). origin of a spiral, Id. 272.7 ; ἡ ἐν γ. εὐθεῖα the initial line, Id. 286.22 .


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an origin, source, productive cause

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">γένεσις</span>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">γενέσθαι</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">origin, source</span>, <span class="quote greek">Ὠκεανόν τε θεῶν γένεσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:201" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.201/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.201 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Ὠκεανοῦ, ὅς περ γ. πάντεσσι τέτυκται</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:246" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:246/canonical-url/"> 246 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:180d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:180d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 180d </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beginning</span>, in dual, <span class="quote greek">τοῖν γενεσέοιν ἡ ἑτέρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:71e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:71e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 71e </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">manner of birth</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.204/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.204 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.69/canonical-url/"> 6.69 </a>, etc.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">race, descent</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:146" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.146/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.146 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πατρὸς οὖσα γένεσιν Εὐρύτου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:380" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:380/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 380 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ γένεσιν</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">καθ’ υἱοθεσίαν</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(1).181 </span> (Rhodes). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> Astrol., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nativity, geniture,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 11.164 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lucill.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1468.tlg001:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1468.tlg001:183/canonical-url/"> 183 </a> (Id.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 314.21 </span> (Smyrna), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PLond.</span> 1.98r60 </span> (i A. D.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:216:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:216.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Vett.Val.</span> 216.6 </a>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lot, fortune</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2642.tlg002:16:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2642.tlg002:16.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Astramps.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Orac.</span> 16.8 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2642.tlg002:23:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2642.tlg002:23.7/canonical-url/"> 23.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">production, generation, coming into being</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ὄλεθρος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1562.tlg001:8:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1562.tlg001:8.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Parm.</span> 8.21 </a>; more usu. opp. <span class="foreign greek">φθορά</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:55a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:55a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 55a </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς</span>, title of work by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span></span>: generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">formation</span>, <span class="quote greek">πύου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:2:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:2.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aph.</span> 2.47 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">origination, making</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἱματίων, περὶ τὰ ἀμφιέσματα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:281b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:281b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 281b </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γ. καὶ οὐσία δικαιοσύνης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:359a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:359a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 359a </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">τὸ γίγνεσθαι</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">becoming</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">οὐσία</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:525b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:525b/canonical-url/"> 525b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:29c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:29c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 29c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4036.tlg005:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4036.tlg005:45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Procl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inst.</span> 45 </a>,al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> concrete, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">creation</span>, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">all created things</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:245e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:245e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 245e </a>; <span class="quote greek">γ. καὶ κόσμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:29e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:29e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 29e </a> , freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span></span>, as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1.3/canonical-url/"> 1.3 </a>,al., cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:3:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:3:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 6.3.2 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">race, kind</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sort</span> of animals, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:265b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:265b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 265b </a>, etc.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">family</span>, <span class="foreign greek">δίδυμος γ.</span> of the Spartan kings, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:691d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:691d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 691d </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">generation, age</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:252d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:252d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 252d </a>: pl., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:310d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:310d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 310d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ περίστασιν τῆς γ.</span> according to the circumstances of his <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">time</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg008:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg008:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sent.</span> 32 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VII).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">παιδοπόρος γ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">genitalia muliebria,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 9.311 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phil.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VIII).</strong></span> Math., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">generation</span> of a figure, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2032.tlg001:234:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2032.tlg001:234.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Papp.</span> 234.4 </a>,al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">origin</span> of a spiral, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2032.tlg001:272:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2032.tlg001:272.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 272.7 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἐν γ. εὐθεῖα</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">initial</span> line, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2032.tlg001:286:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2032.tlg001:286.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 286.22 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}