The corpus record

γένειον

geneion · τό

part covered by the beard, chin

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 2 · 6.18/10k
Hecuba 2 · 2.79/10k
Machabaeorum IV 2 · 2.59/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 2 · 2.41/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 2 · 2.24/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

part covered by the beard, chin, chin

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

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

b mane

a lionʼs mane, Luc. Cyn. 14.

3 chaps, jaws

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

4 teeth

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

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

In the wild

γενείου · geneiou Aeschylus, Persians 1056
γενείου · geneiou Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 664–667
γένειον · geneion Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2315)
γένεἰ · genei Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 153)
γενείου · geneiou Epictetus, Discourses 1.16 (DIORISIS sentence 790)
γενείου · geneiou Euripides, Bacchae 1316–1319

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