The corpus record

γενεᾱλογ-έω

genealogeo

trace a pedigree

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Where it lives

Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
Paralipomenon I 1 · 0.75/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Histories 7 · 0.38/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant — LSJ

trace a pedigree, draw out, the genealogy was reckoned

trace a pedigree, γ. γένεσιν Hdt. 2.146; γ. ἑωυτόν draw out oneʼs pedigree, ib. 143; γ. τὴν συγγένειαν X. Smp. 4.51; γ. τινά τινος Plu. 2.894b; γ. τινὰ γενέσθαι, εἶναι . . , Id. Lyc. 1, Paus. 5.14.9; περί τινος Luc. Salt. 7: abs., οἱ -λογοῦντες Isoc. 15.180, Thphr. Char. 28.2:—Pass., Hp. Septim. 4; ταῦτα μέν νυν γεγενεηλόγηται Hdt. 6.54; τὰ νυνδὴ γενεαλογηθέντα Pl. Ti. 23b; γενεαλογούμενος ἔκ τινος Ep.Hebr. 7.6; ἐγενεαλογήθη (impers.) the genealogy was reckoned, LXX 1 Ch. 5.1.

In the wild

γενεηλογήσαντι · geneēlogēsanti Herodotus, Histories 2.143.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2585)
γενεηλογήσαντί · geneēlogēsanti Herodotus, Histories 2.143.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2585)
γενεηλογήσαντι · geneēlogēsanti Herodotus, Histories 2.143.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2589)
γενεηλογέουσι · geneēlogeousi Herodotus, Histories 2.146.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2609)
γενεηλογέοντες · geneēlogeontes Herodotus, Histories 2.91.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2161)
ἐγενεηλόγησε · egeneēlogēse Herodotus, Histories 3.75.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3449)

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