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γενέθλη

genethle · ἡ

race, stock, family

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Where it lives

  • Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
  • Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
  • Protagoras 2 · 1.13/10k
  • Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
  • Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
  • Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

I race, stock, family, race, by birth, origin, breed, stock

of persons, race, stock, family, c. gen. pers., Παιήονός εἰσι γενέθλης Od. 4.232, cf. 13.130; σῆς ἐξ αἵματός εἰσι γενέθλης of thy race by blood, Il. 19.111; γενέθλην by birth or origin, ἦν δὲ γ. Ἴκιος Call. Aet. 1.1.7 [Fr. 178.7 Pf.]; of horses, breed, stock, Il. 5.270; θηρῶν γ. h.Hom. 27.10; τῶν ἀλιθίων ἀπείρων [ἐστὶ] γενέθλα Simon. 5.6.

2 offspring

offspring, h.Ap. 136, S. El. 129 (lyr.), 226 (lyr.), etc.

3 birth

birth, γενέθλας ἀρχά Hymn.Is. 36.

II birthplace

birthplace, ὅθι ἀργύρου ἐστὶ γ. Il. 2.857.

2 generation, age

generation, age, οὔ τι παλαιόν, ἐφʼ ἡμετέρῃ δὲ γενέθλῃ Opp. H. 5.459.

3 time of birth

time of birth, ἐκ γενέθλης D.P. 1044.

In the wild

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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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