γένος, εος or ους, τό,
race, stock, kin, ἀμφοτέροισιν ὁμὸν γ. ἠδ᾽ ἴα πάτρη [
Refs 8th c.BC+] from Ithaca I am
by race,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; in
Attic dialect frequently with the
Article, ποδαπὸς τὸ γένος εἶ
; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in
dative, γένει πολῖται [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; γένει υἱός, opposed to an adopted son, [
Refs]; οἱ ἐν γένει, ={συγγενεῖς}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] to be of his
race, ἄναγνος καὶ γένους τοῦ Λαΐου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγγυτέρω, ἐγγύτατα γένους, nearer, next
of kin, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
direct descent, opposed to
collateral relationship, γένος γάρ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐχὶ συγγένεια [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ κατὰ γένος βασιλεῖαι
hereditary monarchies, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
offspring, even of
a single descendant, σὸν γ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Διὸς γ, of Bacchus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2) collectively,
offspring, posterity, ἐκεῖνοι καὶ τὸ γ. τὸ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) generally,
race, of beings, θεῶν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡμιόνων, βοῶν γ, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππειον γ, i.e.
mules, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.b)
clan, house, family, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀπὸ γένους men
of noble family, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; = Latin
gens, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.c)
tribe, as a subdivision of ἔθνος, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.d)
caste, [
Refs]
III.e) of animals,
breed, [
Refs]
III.2)
age, generation, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; γ. χρύσεον, etc, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence,
age, time of life, γένει ὕστερος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
IV)
sex, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
gender, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
V)
class, sort, kind, τὰ γ. τῶν κυνῶν ἐστι δισσά [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν [γ.] [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
V.2) in Logic, opposed to εἶδος (species), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.3) in the animal kingdom, τὰ μέγιστα γ, = the modern [
Refs], such as birds, fishes, [
Refs]; so in the vegetable kingdom, γένη τὰ μέγιστα, ={σιτώδη, χεδροπά} and ἀνώνυμα, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
V.3.b)
genus, τὸ τῶν καρκίνων γ, τὸ τῶν περιστερῶν γ, etc, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
V.3.c) γένος τι a
species of plant, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; so later, γένη, =
crops, ἄλλοις γένεσι τοῖς πρὸς πυρὸν διοικουμένοις [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῶμαι γένεσι πλὴν κνήκου [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
produce, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
materials, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἐν γένεσιν in
kind, opposed to ἐν ἀργυρίῳ, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V.4) τὰ γ. the
elements, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit
jánas,
genitive jánasas; Latin
genus,
-eris, see at {γίγνομαι}.)