γένος γίγνομαι race, stock, family, Hom., etc.; absol. in acc., ἐξ Ἰθάκης γένος εἰμί from Ithaca I am by race, Od.; in Attic with the Art., ποδαπὸς τὸ γένος εἶ Ar.; so in dat., γένει πολίτης Dem.; οἱ ἐν γένει συγγενεῖς, Soph.; opp. to οἱ ἔξω γένους, Soph.; γένους εἶναί τινος to be of his race, Soph. offspring, even a single descendant, a child, Lat. genus, σὸν γένος Il.; θεῖον γένος, Il.; so in Trag. collectively, offspring, posterity, Thuc., Dem. a race, in regard to number, γ. ἀνδρῶν mankind, Il.; ἡμιόνων, βοῶν γ. Hom., etc.:— a clan or house, Lat. gens, Hdt.; at Athens as a subdivision of the φρατρία, Plat.: — a tribe, as a subdivision of ἔθνος, Hdt.:— a caste, Hdt., Plat.: of animals, a breed, Hdt. a race in regard to time, an age, generation, Od.; γ. χρύσειον, Hes.:—hence age, time of life, γένει ὕστερος Il. sex, Plat.: gender, in grammar, Arist. a class, sort, kind, Xen. in Logic, genus, opp. to εἶδος (species), Plat.