The corpus record

καλλι-γένεια

kalligeneia · ἡ

bearer of a fair offspring

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What it meant — LSJ

bearer of a fair offspring, sacrifice to Demeter K

bearer of a fair offspring, name by which Demeter was invoked in the Thesmophoria, Ar. Th. 299, Alciphr. 2.4, cf. IG 14.205 (Acrae); or her nurse, Ar. ap. Phot.; epith. of the Moon, Hymn.Mag. 5.31; of the Earth, Apollod. ap. Phot.:—neut. pl., Καλλιγένεια θύειν offer sacrifice to Demeter K., Alciphr. 3.39 (nisi leg. τῇ Κ.).

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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