A.part covered by the beard, chin, Od.16.176; “πολιὸν γ.” Il.22.74; esp. in supplication, “ἔλλαβε χειρὶ γενείου” 8.371; “γ. χειρὶ παχείῃ ἁψάμενος” 10.454; “γενείου λευκήρη τρίχα” A.Pers.1056 (lyr.), cf. Th.666, Hdt.2.36: in pl., S.OT1277, Plu.Ant.1; “κείρασθαι τὰ γ.” Id.Cat.Mi.53: prov. of a lean animal, οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν γ. τε καὶ κέρατα nothing but chin and horns, Ar.Av.902.
b. a lion's mane, Luc.Cyn.14.
3. chaps, Arist.HA518b17; jaws, AP7.531 (Antip. Thess.).
4. pl., teeth of a saw, Nic.Th.53.
5. dub. sens. in IG11(2).165.11, 28 (Dclos, iii B. C.).