γενεά
Etym. γίγνομαι
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.
2. "a race, generation", οἵηπερ φύλλων γενεὴ τοιήδε καὶ ἀνδρῶν Il.; δύο γενεαὶ ἀνθρώπων id=Il.
3. "offspring", Orac. ap. Hdt.; and of a single person, Soph.
II. of time or place in reference to birth:
1. "a birth-place", γενεὴ ἐπὶ λίμνηι Γυγαίηι Il.; of an eagle's "eyrie", Od.
2. "age, time of life", esp. in phrases γενεῆι νεώτατος, πρεσβύτατος youngest, eldest, "in age", or "by birth", Hom.
3. "time of birth", ἐκ γενεῆς Hdt.; ἀπὸ γ. Xen.