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γένν-ᾰ

genna · ἡ

descent, birth, origin

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Where it lives

  • Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
  • Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

descent, birth, origin

descent, birth, origin, γέννᾳ μεγαλυνομένων A. Pr. 892, cf. Ag. 760 (lyr.).

2 origin, production

origin, [τοῦ ὄντος] Parm. 8.6; διέχειν γέννῃ τε κρήσει τε Emp. 22.7; γῆ γ. πάντων Secund. Sent. 15; production, πύου Aret. SD 1.14; ὑγρῶν ib. 15.

II offspring, son, generation

offspring, son, Pi. O. 7.23; θνᾴσκοντα γέννας ἄτερ A. Th. 748; λαγίνα γ. Id. Ag. 119; generation, πέμπτη δʼ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ γέννα Id. Pr. 853, cf. 774.

2 race, family

race, family, οὐρανία γ. ib. 165; ἀρσένων γ. E. Med. 428 (lyr.): rare in Prose, ἡ τοῦ πέρατος γ. Pl. Phlb. 25d, cf. Is. Fr. 136.

3 creation, creature

creation, creature, PMag.Leid.V. 7.14.

4 Creative Force

personified, Creative Force, ib. W. 5.3.

III coming forth

of the Moon, coming forth, Ach.Tat. Intr.Arat. 21, Sch. Arat. 735, Paul.Al. G. 4.

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