γένεσις, εως, ἡ,
(γενέσθαι) origin, source, Ὠκεανόν τε θεῶν γένεσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.201 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ὠκεανοῦ, ὅς περ γ. πάντεσσι τέτυκται[[ [prev. work] 246, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 180d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; beginning, in dual, τοῖν γενεσέοιν ἡ ἑτέρα [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 71e. ] Refs]
__II manner of birth, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.204, 6.69, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; race, descent, [[ [prev. author] 2.146; πατρὸς οὖσα γένεσιν Εὐρύτου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 380 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ γένεσιν, opposed to καθ᾽ υἱοθεσίαν, [[ “IG” 12(1).181 (from Rhodes). ] Refs]
__II.2 Astrology texts, nativity, geniture, [[ Anthologia Graeca 11.164 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus), 183 ([prev. author]), “epigram Gr.” 314.21 (from Smyrna), “PLond.” 1.98r60 (1st c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 216.6 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: hence, lot, fortune, [[ 2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” 16.8, 23.7. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III production, generation, coming into being, opposed to ὄλεθρος, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 8.21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; more usually opposed to φθορά, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 55a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς, title of work by [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, formation, πύου [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.47 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; origination, making, ἱματίων, περὶ τὰ ἀμφιέσματα, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 281b, 3; γ. καὶ οὐσία δικαιοσύνης [prev. author] “R.” 359a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]