previous next
γένεσις , εως, ἡ, (γενέσθαι)
A.origin, source, “Ὠκεανόν τε θεῶν γένεσιν” Il.14.201; Ὠκεανοῦ, ὅς περ γ. πάντεσσι τέτυκται ib.246, cf. Pl.Tht. 180d; beginning, in dual, “τοῖν γενεσέοιν ἡ ἑτέρα” Id.Phd.71e.
II. manner of birth, Hdt.1.204, 6.69, etc.; race, descent, Id.2.146; “πατρὸς οὖσα γένεσιν Εὐρύτου” S.Tr.380; κατὰ γένεσιν, opp. καθ᾽ υἱοθεσίαν, IG12(1).181 (Rhodes).
2. Astrol., nativity, geniture, AP 11.164 (Lucill.), 183 (Id.), Epigr.Gr.314.21 (Smyrna), PLond.1.98r60 (i A. D.), Vett.Val.216.6: hence, lot, fortune, Astramps.Orac. 16.8,23.7.
III. production, generation, coming into being, opp. ὄλεθρος, Parm.8.21; more usu. opp. φθορά, Pl.Phlb.55a, etc.; περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς, title of work by Arist.: generally, formation, “πύου” Hp.Aph.2.47; origination, making, ἱματίων, περὶ τὰ ἀμφιέσματα, Pl. Plt.281b,3; “γ. καὶ οὐσία δικαιοσύνης” Id.R.359a.
2. = τὸ γίγνεσθαι, becoming, opp. οὐσία, ib.525b, Ti.29c, Procl.Inst.45,al.
IV. concrete, creation, i.e. all created things, Pl.Phdr.245e; “γ. καὶ κόσμος” Id.Ti.29e, freq. in Ph., as 1.3,al., cf. Plot.6.3.2, etc.
V. race, kind or sort of animals, Pl.Plt.265b, etc.; family, δίδυμος γ. of the Spartan kings, Id.Lg.691d.
VI. generation, age, Id.Phdr.252d: pl., Id.Plt.310d; κατὰ περίστασιν τῆς γ. according to the circumstances of his time, Porph.Sent.32.
VII. “παιδοπόρος γ.” genitalia muliebria, AP9.311 (Phil.).
VIII. Math., generation of a figure, Papp.234.4,al.
b. origin of a spiral, Id.272.7; ἡ ἐν γ. εὐθεῖα the initial line, Id.286.22.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (19 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (19):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.204
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.146
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.69
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.201
    • Plato, Laws, 691d
    • Plato, Republic, 359a
    • Plato, Republic, 525b
    • Plato, Phaedo, 71e
    • Plato, Theaetetus, 180d
    • Plato, Statesman, 265b
    • Plato, Statesman, 281b
    • Plato, Statesman, 310d
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 245e
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 252d
    • Plato, Philebus, 55a
    • Plato, Timaeus, 29c
    • Plato, Timaeus, 29e
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 380
    • Hippocrates, Aphorismi, 2.47
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: