The corpus record

γένν-ημα

gennema · τό

that which is produced

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Where it lives

Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Matthew 3 · 1.67/10k
Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Sophist 2 · 1.25/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
Enneads 15 · 0.71/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 1 · 0.68/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Luke 1 · 0.52/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

γένν-ημα · genn-ēma — LSJ

that which is produced, born, child, product, work, fruits

that which is produced or born, child, S. Tr. 315; παίδων τῶν σῶν νέατον γ. Id. Ant. 627; τῶν Λαΐου . . τις ἦν γεννημάτων Id. OT 1167: generally, any product or work, Pl. R. 597e, etc.: in pl., fruits of the earth, Plb. 1.71.1, etc.; τῶν στοιχείων Phld. Sign. 37.

2 breeding

breeding, δηλοῖ τὸ γ. ὠμὸν (sc. ὄν) . . παιδός S. Ant. 471.

II begetting

Act., begetting, A. Pr. 850 (pl., s.v.l.).

2 producing

producing, Pl. Sph. 266d.

In the wild

γεννημάτων · gennēmatōn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 850–852
Γεννήματα · Gennēmata New Testament, Luke 3.6 (DIORISIS sentence 119)
γεννήματα · gennēmata New Testament, Matthew 12.34 (DIORISIS sentence 473)
γεννήματα · gennēmata New Testament, Matthew 23.33 (DIORISIS sentence 990)
Γεννήματα · Gennēmata New Testament, Matthew 3.7 (DIORISIS sentence 42)
γεννήματα · gennēmata Plato, Epinomis 983

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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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