γέννησις

gennesis

engendering, producing

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39

1252a28
Book VII 3
Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11

1332a18

Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2

1335a8
1335b36
History of Animals 3
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Book V 1
Chapter 14 544b12–546b14

545b26
Book VI 2
Chapter 18 571b3–573b16

573b6

Chapter 22 575b21–577a17

576a16
Generation of Animals 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 4 737b8–741a5

737b16
737b19
De Anima 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 4 415a14–416b31

415a23
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 7 1167b17–1168a27

1168a25

Dictionary (LSJ)

γέννησις, Dor. γένν-ᾱσις, εως, ἡ, A. engendering, producing, E. IA 1065 (lyr., codd.); γ. καὶ τόκος Pl. Smp. 206e; birth, IG 22.1368.130, v.l. in Ev.Luc. 1.14. 2. production, ἀγαθῶν Arist. Pol. 1332a18 (pl.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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