γένεσις

γένεσις, εως, ἡ, ([etym.] γενέσθαι)

A origin, source,

Ὠκεανόν τε θεῶν γένεσιν Il.14.201

; Ὠκεανοῦ, ὅς περ γ. πάντεσσι τέτυκται ib.246, cf. Pl.Tht. 180d; beginning, in dual,

τοῖν γενεσέοιν ἡ ἑτέρα Id.Phd.71e

.

II manner of birth, Hdt.1.204, 6.69, etc.; race, descent, Id.2.146;

πατρὸς οὖσα γένεσιν Εὐρύτου S.Tr.380

; κατὰ γένεσιν, opp. καθ' υἱοθεσίαν, IG12(1).181 ([place name] Rhodes).

2 Astrol., nativity, geniture, AP 11.164 (Lucill.), 183 (Id.), Epigr.Gr.314.21 ([place name] Smyrna), PLond.1.98r60 (i A. D.), Vett.Val.216.6: hence, lot, fortune, Astramps.Orac. 16.8,23.7.

III production, generation, coming into being, opp. ὄλεθρος, Parm.8.21; more usu. opp. φθορά, Pl.Phlb.55a, etc.; περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς, title of work by Arist.: generally, formation,

πύου Hp.Aph.2.47

; origination, making, ἱματίων, περὶ τὰ ἀμφιέσματα, Pl. Plt.281b,3;

γ. καὶ οὐσία δικαιοσύνης Id.R.359a

.

2 = τὸ γίγνεσθαι, becoming, opp. οὐσία, ib.525b, Ti.29c, Procl.Inst.45,al.

IV concrete, creation, i.e. all created things, Pl.Phdr.245e;

γ. καὶ κόσμος Id.Ti.29e

, freq. in Ph., as 1.3,al., cf. Plot.6.3.2, etc.

V race, kind or sort of animals, Pl.Plt.265b, etc.; family, δίδυμος γ. of the Spartan kings, Id.Lg.691d.

VI generation, age, Id.Phdr.252d: pl., Id.Plt.310d; κατὰ περίστασιν τῆς γ. according to the circumstances of his time, Porph.Sent.32.

VII

παιδοπόρος γ.

genitalia muliebria,

AP9.311

(Phil.).

VIII Math., generation of a figure, Papp.234.4,al.

b origin of a spiral, Id.272.7; ἡ ἐν γ. εὐθεῖα the initial line, Id.286.22.