The corpus record

γένυς

genus · ἡ

jaw, both jaws, the mouth with the teeth, side of the face, cheek

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Where it lives

Bacchae 4 · 5.32/10k
Phoenissae 5 · 5.18/10k
Heracles 3 · 3.83/10k
Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
Helen 2 · 2.04/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

jaw, both jaws, the mouth with the teeth, side of the face, cheek

jaw, πυκάσαι τε γένυς εὐανθέϊ λάχνῃ Od. 11.320; ἡ ἄνω γ., ἡ κάτωθεν, Arist. HA 492b23, sq.: pl., γένυες both jaws, the mouth with the teeth, Il. 23.688, 11.416, Pi. P. 4.225, S. Ant. 121: in sg., Thgn. 1327, E. Ph. 1380, al.: generally, side of the face, cheek, φίλον φίλημα παρὰ γένυν τιθέντα E. Supp. 1154.

II edge of an axe, axe

edge of an axe, axe, S. Ph. 1205 (lyr.), El. 196 (lyr.); of a fishing-hook, Opp. H. 3.539; πυράγρης Nic. Al. 50 (pl.). (Cf. Skt. hanus, Lat. gena, etc.) [ῡ twice in E., El. 1214 (lyr.), Fr. 530.6.]

In the wild

γενύων · genyōn Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 121–123
γένυν · genyn Euripides, Bacchae 1185–1187
γένυν · genyn Euripides, Bacchae 436–440
γένυν · genyn Euripides, Bacchae 455–456
γένυν · genyn Euripides, Bacchae 695–698
γένυν · genyn Euripides, Electra 2.1214 (DIORISIS sentence 770)

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. γένυς (scan p. 229; entry #1584).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. γένυς (scan pp. 330-331; entry #1277). Root candidates: *gen-.

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