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γενάρχ-ης

genarches · ὁ

founder, first ancestor of a family, ruler of created beings

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What it meant — LSJ

founder, first ancestor of a family

founder or first ancestor of a family, Call. Fr. 36, Lyc. 1307; of Julius Caesar, Ph. 2.528; of Abraham, Id. 1.513; epith. of Heracles, IG 5(1).497 (Sparta), al.

II ruler of created beings

ruler of created beings, γενάρχα τῆς γενεσιουργίας Corp.Herm. 13.21, cf. Orph. H. 13.8.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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