The corpus record

γενν-ητής

gennetes · ὁ

begetter, parent

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Where it lives

Crito 1 · 2.4/10k
Laws 3 · 0.29/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Enneads 3 · 0.14/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

begetter, parent, producer

begetter, parent, S. OT 1015, Fr. 752, Pl. Cri. 51e, Lg. 717e; τῶν πράξεων ὥσπερ καὶ τέκνων Arist. EN 1113b18: generally, producer, Plot. 3.3.3.

II members of γένη

γεννῆται, οἱ, (γέννα) at Athens, members of γένη, Pl. Lg. 878d, Philoch. 94; εἰς τοὺς γ. ἐγγράφειν, ἄγειν, Is. 7.13, 15, cf. Arist. Ath. 3, IG 2(2).1229.5; Ἀπόλλωνος Πατρῴου καὶ Διὸς Ἑρκείου γ. D. 57.67.

In the wild

γεννητὴν · gennētēn Aristotle, Metaphysics book 8 (DIORISIS sentence 2146)
γεννητὴν · gennētēn Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1113b (DIORISIS sentence 782)
γεννηταῖς · gennētais Plato, Crito 51
γεννητὰς · gennētas Plato, Laws 928
γεννητὰς · gennētas Plato, Laws 717
γεννητοῦ · gennētou Plato, Laws 869

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Where it came from

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