γεννάω
1. 11), of the father, "to beget, engender", Aesch., Soph.; rarely of the mother, "to bring forth", Aesch.; οἱ γεννήσαντες the parents, Xen.; τὸ γεννώμενον "the child", Hdt.:—like φύω 1. 2, as κἂν σῶμα γεννήσηι μέγα even if "he grow, get" a large body, i. e. if he be of giant frame, Soph.
2. metaph. "to produce", Plat.