γόνος
gonos
that which is begotten, child
Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
γόνος, ὁ, and (in signf. 1), ἡ, IA 793: late Ion. γοῦνος CD 2.5: —A. that which is begotten, child, Il. 5.635, 6.191; offspring, 20.409, Th. 919, etc.; ἄπαις ἔρσενος γόνου 1.109; πρεσβύτατος παντὸς τοῦ γ. 7.2; αὐτὸν καὶ γόνον Schwyzer 415 (Elis); ὁ Πηλέως γ. his son, Ph. 333, cf. 366,416, etc.; of animals, γ. ὀρταλίχων Fr. 793; of fish, roe, 1, Fr. 9; of bees, HA 554a18. 2. product, of plants, γ. ἀμπέλου Anacreont. 54.7; γ. πλουτόχθων, of the silver mines at Laureion, Eu. 946 (lyr.); τοῦ φόρου τὸν γ. V. 1116 codd. 3. ἐς ἔρσενα γόνον to any of the male sex, 6.135. II. race, stock, descent, οὔ πώ τις ἑὸν γ. αὐτὸς ἀνέγνω Od. 1.216, cf. 11.234. III. begetting, procreation, Supp. 172 (lyr.); γόνῳ πατήρ, opp. ποιητός, 13.91; γόνῳ γεγονώς 44.49; γ. υἱός Sam. 131, 40.51, cf.IG 3.1445,al. 2. of plants, bearing, CP 3.15.3. IV. seed, Genit. 7, GA 748a22, Le. 15.3; σπέρμα καὶ γ. 100b, cf. 19.450. 2. genitals, Liqu. 2. V. γ. Ἑρμοῦ, = βούφθαλμος, Ps.- 3.139.
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