γενεά

A. γενεῆφι Il. 14.112: (γενέσθαι):

I. of the persons in a family,

1. race, family, Πριάμου γ. Il. 20.306, cf. Od. 1.222, 16.117; γενεήν τε τόκον τε Il. 15.141; ἴδμεν . . γενεήν, ἴδμεν δὲ τοκῆας 20.203, cf. 214; γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος higher by birth or blood, 11.786 (but younger in Archil. ap. Sch.ad l.); ταύτης εἶναι γ. καὶ αἵματος of this race and blood, Il. 6.211; πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζειν 10.68; γενεῇ by birthright, Od. 1.387; Αἰτωλὸς γενεήν by descent, Il. 23.471; γενεὴν Διός 21.187; γενεὴ ἔκ τινος descent from . . , ib.157; γενεὴν ἀπὸ Θρηίκης Hdt. 2.134; of horses, breed, stock, Il. 5.265, 268: pl., χρήματα καὶ γενεάς families, Plu. Tim. 34; γενεὰν ποιεῖσθαι to have issue, GDI 1798 (Delph.); πατριὰ καὶ γ., = φρατρία καὶ γένος, ib.1152 (Elis): hence, tribe, nation, Περσῶν γ., Τυρρηνῶν γ., A. Pers. 912 (lyr.), Eleg. 2:—rare in Prose, τίς ὢν γενεάν; X. Cyr. 1.1.6; καὶ αὐτὸν καὶ τὰν γ. ἀπολέσθαι SIG 306.8 (Tegea, iv B. C.).

2. race, generation, οἵηπερ φύλλων γ. τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν Il. 6.146; δύο γ. μερόπων ἀνθρώπων 1.250, etc., cf. Hdt. 2.142, Th. 1.14, Heraclit. ap. Plu. 2.415e (but, = μήν, Id. ap. Lyd. Mens. 3.14); ἀστὴν ἐξ ἀστῶν ἀμφοτέρων ἐπὶ τρεῖς γ. γεγενημένην SIG 1015.6 (Halic.); age, γ. ἀνθρωπηΐη the historical, opp. to the mythical, age, Hdt. 3.122; ἐπὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας γ. D.H. 3.15.

3. offspring, Il. 21.191, Orac. ap. Hdt. 6.86, S. Aj. 189 (lyr.); of a single person, Τυροῦς γ. (i. e. Pelias) Pi. P. 4.136, cf.l. 8(7).71.

4. metaph., class, kind, τὸ σύμμετρον καὶ καλὸν καὶ ὁπόσα τῆς γ. ταύτης ἐστίν Pl. Phlb. 66b; ταύτης τοι γενεᾶς ὁ νοῦς οὗτος Plot. 5.1.7.

II. of Time or Place,

1. birthplace, γ. ἐπὶ λίμνῃ Γυγαίῃ Il. 20.390, cf. Od. 1.407; of an eagle's evrie, 15.175.

2. age, time of life, γενεῆφι νεώτατος Il. 14.112; γενεῇ πρεσβύτατος, προγενέστερος, ὁπλότερος, 6.24,9.161, Od. 19.184.

3. after Hom., time of birth, ἐκ γενεῆς Hdt. 3.33,4.23; ἀπὸ γ. X. Cyr. 1.2.8.