I.of the persons in a family.
1.race, stock, family, Hom., etc.; Πριάμου γ. Il.; ἐκ γενεῆς according to his family, id=Il.; γενεῆι by birth-right, Od.; γενεὴν Αἰτωλός by descent, Il.:—of horses, a breed, id=Il.:—generally, γενεήν in kind, Hdt.:—also a tribe, nation, Περσῶν γ. Aesch.
3.offspring, Orac. ap. Hdt.; and of a single person, Soph.
II.of time or place in reference to birth:
2.age, time of life, esp. in phrases γενεῆι νεώτατος, πρεσβύτατος youngest, eldest, in age, or by birth, Hom.