The corpus record

γενει-άω

geneiao

grow a beard, get a beard

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Where it lives

Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant — LSJ

grow a beard, get a beard

= γενειάζω, grow a beard, get a beard, ἐπὴν δὴ παῖδα γενειήσαντα ἴδηαι Od. 18.269, cf. 176, Hp. Nat.Puer. 20, X. An. 2.6.28, etc.; εἰς ἄνδρα γενειῶν Theoc. 14.28.

2 have a beard

have a beard, Ar. Ec. 145, Pl. Plt. 270e, Arist. GA 746b24, D.C. 68.15.

In the wild

γενειήσαντα · geneiēsanta Odyssey 18.176
γενειήσαντα · geneiēsanta Odyssey 18.269
γενειώντων · geneiōntōn Plato, Statesman 270
γενειῶντα · geneiōnta Xenophon, Anabasis 2.6.28 (DIORISIS sentence 1057)

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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