γένος
γένος,
εος or
ους,
τό,
A). race, stock, kin,
ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γ. ἠδ’ ἴα πάτρη Il. 13.354 ;
αἷμά τε καὶ γ. Od. 8.583 ;
ὑμετέρου δ’ οὐκ ἔστι γένεος βασιλεύτερον 15.533 ;
γένος πατέρων αἰσχυνέμεν Il. 6.209 ;
γ. ἀπόλωλε τοκήων Od. 4.62 ;
ὅθι τοι γένος ἐστὶ καὶ αὐτῇ 6.35 : freq. abs. in acc.,
ἐξ Ἰθάκης γένος εἰμί from Ithaca I am
by race,
15.267 , cf.
Il. 5.544 ,
896 ,
S. Ph. 239 , etc.; in Att. freq. with the Art.,
ποδαπὸς τὸ γένος εἶ ; Ar. Pax 186 , cf.
Pl. Sph. 216a : so in dat.,
γένει πολῖται D. 23.24 ;
γένει υἱός, opp. an adopted son,
Id. 44.2 ;
οἱ ἐν γένει, =
συγγενεῖς ,
S. OT 1430 ;
οἱ ἔξω γένους Id. Ant. 660 ;
οὐδὲν ἐν γένει Id. OT 1016 ;
γένει προσήκειν τινί X. An. 1.6.1 ;
γένει ἀπωτέρω εἶναι D. 44.13 : in gen.,
γένους εἶναί τινος to be of his
race,
ἄναγνος καὶ γένους τοῦ Λαΐου S. OT 1383 , cf.
X. HG 4.2.9 ;
ἐγγυτέρω, ἐγγύτατα γένους, nearer, next
of kin,
Is. 8.33 ,
A. Supp. 388 .
2). direct descent, opp.
collateral relationship,
γένος γάρ, ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ συγγένεια Is. 8.33 ;
αἱ κατὰ γένος βασιλεῖαι hereditary monarchies,
Arist. Pol. 1285a16 ,
1313a10 .
2). collectively,
offspring, posterity,
ἐκεῖνοι καὶ τὸ γ. τὸ ἀπ’ ἐκείνων Th. 1.126 ;
ἐξώλη ποιεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ γ. καὶ οἰκίαν D. 19.71 .
b). clan, house, family,
Hdt. 1.125 , etc.;
Φρὺξ μὲν γενεῇ, γένεος δὲ τοῦ βασιληΐου ib.
35 ;
τοὺς ἀπὸ γένους men
of noble family,
Plu. Rom. 21 ;
ἱερεὺς κατὰ γ. IG 5(1).497 , al.; also
ἱέρεια ἀπὸ γένους, διὰ γένους, ib.
607.29 ,
602 ; esp. at Athens and elsewhere as a subdivision of the
φρατρία,
Arist. Ath. Fr. 3 ,
Pl. Alc. 1.120e , etc.; = Lat.
gens,
D.S. 4.21 ,
Plu. Num. 1 .
3). in the animal kingdom,
τὰ μέγιστα γ., = the modern
Classes, such as birds, fishes,
Id. HA 490b7 , cf.
505b26 ; so in the vegetable kingdom,
γένη τὰ μέγιστα, =
σιτώδη, χεδροπά and
ἀνώνυμα,
Thphr. HP 8.1.1 .
b). genus,
τὸ τῶν καρκίνων γ., τὸ τῶν περιστερῶν γ., etc.,
Arist. HA 487b17 ,
488a4 ;
τῶν δένδρων καὶ τῶν φυτῶν εἴδη πλείω τυγχάνει καθ’ ἕκαστον γένος Thphr. HP 1.14.3 ;
τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους [πίτυς] καὶ πεύκη Dsc. 1.69 , al.
c). γένος τι a
species of plant,
Thphr. HP 4.8.13 ; so later,
γένη, =
crops,
ἄλλοις γένεσι τοῖς πρὸς πυρὸν διοικουμένοις PTeb. 66.43 , al. (ii B. C.);
οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῶμαι γένεσι πλὴν κνήκου PAmh. 2.91.15 (ii A. D.);
produce, POxy. 727.20 (ii A. D.);
materials, ib.
54.16 (iii A. D.);
ἐν γένεσιν in
kind, opp.
ἐν ἀργυρίῳ,
PFay. 21.10 (ii A. D.).
4). τὰ γ. the
elements,
Pl. Ti. 54b . (Cf. Skt.
jánas, gen.
jánasas; Lat.
genus, -eris, v.
γίγνομαι .)
ShortDef
race, stock, family
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">γένος</span>, <span class="itype greek">εος</span> or <span class="itype greek">ους</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">race, stock, kin</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γ. ἠδ’ ἴα πάτρη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:354" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.354/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.354 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">αἷμά τε καὶ γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:583" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.583/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.583 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὑμετέρου δ’ οὐκ ἔστι γένεος βασιλεύτερον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:533" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.533/canonical-url/"> 15.533 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γένος πατέρων αἰσχυνέμεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:209" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.209/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 6.209 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γ. ἀπόλωλε τοκήων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.62 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὅθι τοι γένος ἐστὶ καὶ αὐτῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.35/canonical-url/"> 6.35 </a> : freq. abs. in acc., <span class="foreign greek">ἐξ Ἰθάκης γένος εἰμί</span> from Ithaca I am <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by race</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:267" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.267/canonical-url/"> 15.267 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:544" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.544/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.544 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:896" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:896/canonical-url/"> 896 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:239" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:239/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 239 </a>, etc.; in Att. freq. with the Art., <span class="quote greek">ποδαπὸς τὸ γένος εἶ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">;</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:186" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:186/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 186 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:216a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:216a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 216a </a>: so in dat., <span class="quote greek">γένει πολῖται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg023.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 23.24 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γένει υἱός</span>, opp. an adopted son, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg044.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg044.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 44.2 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ ἐν γένει,</span> = <span class="ref greek">συγγενεῖς</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1430" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1430/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1430 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οἱ ἔξω γένους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:660" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:660/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 660 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν ἐν γένει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1016" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1016/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1016 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γένει προσήκειν τινί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:6:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1:6:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 1.6.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γένει ἀπωτέρω εἶναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg044.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg044.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 44.13 </a> : in gen., <span class="foreign greek">γένους εἶναί τινος</span> to be of his <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">race</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἄναγνος καὶ γένους τοῦ Λαΐου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1383" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1383/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1383 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:2:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:2:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 4.2.9 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐγγυτέρω, ἐγγύτατα γένους</span>, nearer, next <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of kin</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg008.perseus-grc1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg008.perseus-grc1:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 8.33 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:388" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:388/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 388 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">direct descent</span>, opp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">collateral relationship</span>, <span class="quote greek">γένος γάρ, ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ συγγένεια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg008.perseus-grc1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg008.perseus-grc1:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 8.33 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">αἱ κατὰ γένος βασιλεῖαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hereditary</span> monarchies, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1285a:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1285a.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1285a16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1313a:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1313a.10/canonical-url/"> 1313a10 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">offspring</span>, even of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a single descendant</span>, <span class="quote greek">σὸν γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.124 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:186" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.186/canonical-url/"> 21.186 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἡ δ’ ἄρ’ ἔην θεῖον γ. οὐδ’ ἀνθρώπων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:180" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.180/canonical-url/"> 6.180 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἁμὸν Οἰδίπου γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:654" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:654/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 654 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Διὸς γ.</span>, of Bacchus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1117" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1117/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1117 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">Τέκμησσα, δύσμορον γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:784" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:784/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 784 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> collectively, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">offspring, posterity</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐκεῖνοι καὶ τὸ γ. τὸ ἀπ’ ἐκείνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.126 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐξώλη ποιεῖν αὐτὸν καὶ γ. καὶ οἰκίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.71 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">race</span>, of beings, <span class="quote greek">θεῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:960" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:960/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 960 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡμιθέων γ. ἀνδρῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.23 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἡμιόνων, βοῶν γ.</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:852" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.852/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.852 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20:212" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.212/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 20.212 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἵππειον γ.</span>, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mules</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:342" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:342/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 342 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἰχθύων πλωτὸν γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:941:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:941.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 941.9 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">clan, house, family</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.125 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">Φρὺξ μὲν γενεῇ, γένεος δὲ τοῦ βασιληΐου</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:35/canonical-url/"> 35 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τοὺς ἀπὸ γένους</span> men <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of noble family</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg002:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg002:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rom.</span> 21 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἱερεὺς κατὰ γ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 5(1).497 </span> , al.; also <span class="foreign greek">ἱέρεια ἀπὸ γένους, διὰ γένους</span>, ib.<span class="bibl"> 607.29 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 602 </span>; esp. at Athens and elsewhere as a subdivision of the <span class="foreign greek">φρατρία</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath. Fr.</span> 3 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 1.120e </span>, etc.; = Lat.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gens</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 4.21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg005:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg005:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Num.</span> 1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tribe</span>, as a subdivision of <span class="foreign greek">ἔθνος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.56 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:101/canonical-url/"> 101 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">caste</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:164" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.164/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.164 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>e).</strong></span> of animals, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">breed</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 4.29 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">age, generation</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.245/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.245 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">γ. χρύσεον</span>, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:109" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:109/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 109 </a>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">age, time of life</span>, <span class="quote greek">γένει ὕστερος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:215" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.215/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.215 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1408a:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1408a.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1408a27 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sex</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:172:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:172.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 172.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:189d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:189d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 189d </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gender</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1407b:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1407b.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1407b7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1320.tlg001:3:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1320.tlg001:3.214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diog.Bab.Stoic.</span> 3.214 </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;">class, sort, kind</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὰ γ. τῶν κυνῶν ἐστι δισσά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:3.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyn.</span> 3.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ φιλόσοφον γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:501e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:501e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 501e </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν [γ.</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:17c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:17c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 17c </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:434b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:434b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 434b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1329a:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1329a.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1329a27 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἰχθυοπωλῶν γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0518.tlg001:7:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0518.tlg001:7.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Xenarch.</span> 7.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ τῶν παρασίτων γ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nicol.</span> </span> Com.<span class="bibl"> 1.1 </span>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in Logic, opp. <span class="foreign greek">εἶδος</span> (species), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:129c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:129c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prm.</span> 129c </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:102a:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:102a.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 102a31 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:102b:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:102b.12/canonical-url/"> 102b12 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">τὰ γ. εἰς εἴδη πλείω καὶ διαφέροντα διαιρεῖται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1059b:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1059b.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1059b36 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in the animal kingdom, <span class="foreign greek">τὰ μέγιστα γ.</span>, = the modern <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Classes</span>, such as birds, fishes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:490b:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:490b.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 490b7 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:505b:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:505b.26/canonical-url/"> 505b26 </a>; so in the vegetable kingdom, <span class="foreign greek">γένη τὰ μέγιστα,</span> = <span class="ref greek">σιτώδη, χεδροπά</span> and <span class="foreign greek">ἀνώνυμα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:8:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:8:1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 8.1.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">genus</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τὸ τῶν καρκίνων γ., τὸ τῶν περιστερῶν γ.</span>, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:487b:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:487b.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 487b17 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:488a:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:488a.4/canonical-url/"> 488a4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῶν δένδρων καὶ τῶν φυτῶν εἴδη πλείω τυγχάνει καθ’ ἕκαστον γένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:1:14:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:1:14:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 1.14.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους [πίτυς] καὶ πεύκη</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 1.69 </span> , al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">γένος τι</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">species</span> of plant, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:8:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:8:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 4.8.13 </a>; so later, <span class="foreign greek">γένη</span>, = <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crops</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἄλλοις γένεσι τοῖς πρὸς πυρὸν διοικουμένοις</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PTeb.</span> 66.43 </span> , al. (ii B. C.); <span class="quote greek">οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῶμαι γένεσι πλὴν κνήκου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PAmh.</span> 2.91.15 </span> (ii A. D.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">produce,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">POxy.</span> 727.20 </span> (ii A. D.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">materials</span>, ib.<span class="bibl"> 54.16 </span> (iii A. D.); <span class="foreign greek">ἐν γένεσιν</span> in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">kind</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἐν ἀργυρίῳ</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PFay.</span> 21.10 </span> (ii A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τὰ γ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">elements</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:54b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:54b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 54b </a>. (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jánas</span>, gen. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jánasas</span>; Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">genus, -eris</span>, v. <span class="ref greek">γίγνομαι</span> .)</div> </div><br><br>'}