A.begetter, father, mostly in pl., parents, h.Cer.240, Hes.Op.235, Pi.P.6.27, Pl.Smp.178b, etc.: in sg., of a serpent, Hdt.3.109; of a man, Pl.R.457d; “φράζε τίνος γονέως” IG12 (5).310: generally, progenitor, ancestor, πέμπτος γ. ancestor in the fifth generation, Hdt.1.91, cf. Is.8.32; “οἱ ἄνωθεν γ.” Arist.GA722a8. (Nom. pl. “γονεῖες” Histria7.27: acc. pl. “γονέα^ς” Antiph.261: dat. pl. “γονεῖσι” SIG1267.24 (Ios, iii A. D.).)
γον-εύς , έως, ὁ,