γενεά γίγνομαι of the persons in a family. race, stock, family, Hom., etc.; Πριάμου γ. Il.; ἐκ γενεῆς according to his family, Il.; γενεῆι by birth-right, Od.; γενεὴν Αἰτωλός by descent, Il.:—of horses, a breed, Il.:—generally, γενεήν in kind, Hdt.:—also a tribe, nation, Περσῶν γ. Aesch. a race, generation, οἵηπερ φύλλων γενεὴ τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν Il.; δύο γενεαὶ ἀνθρώπων Il. offspring, Orac. ap. Hdt.; and of a single person, Soph. of time or place in reference to birth: a birth-place, γενεὴ ἐπὶ λίμνηι Γυγαίηι Il.; of an eagleʼs eyrie, Od. age, time of life, esp. in phrases γενεῆι νεώτατος, πρεσβύτατος youngest, eldest, in age, or by birth, Hom. time of birth, ἐκ γενεῆς Hdt.; ἀπὸ γ. Xen.