γένειον

A. part covered by the beard, chin, Od. 16.176; πολιὸν γ. Il. 22.74; esp. in supplication, ἔλλαβε χειρὶ γενείου 8.371; γ. χειρὶ παχείῃ ἁψάμενος 10.454; γενείου λευκήρη τρίχα A. Pers. 1056 (lyr.), cf. Th. 666, Hdt. 2.36: in pl., S. OT 1277, Plu. Ant. 1; κείρασθαι τὰ γ. Id. Cat.Mi. 53: prov. of a lean animal, οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν γ. τε καὶ κέρατα nothing but chin and horns, Ar. Av. 902.

2. beard, Hdt. 6.117: pl., Theoc. 6.36, J. AJ 11.5.3, Paus. 2.10.3, Theo Sm.p.104H.

b. a lion's mane, Luc. Cyn. 14.

3. chaps, Arist. HA 518b17; jaws, AP 7.531 (Antip. Thess.).

4. pl., teeth of a saw, Nic. Th. 53.

5. dub. sens. in IG 11(2).165.11, 28 (Dclos, iii B. C.).