γέννησις

gennesis

engendering, producing

Appears 18 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Symposium 6
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206c8
206e5
206e7
206e8
209d7
209b4
Laws 5
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Book I 2
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631d7
636c4
Book VI 2
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775c4
785b8
Book XI 1
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930b7
Republic 2
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Book IV 1
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436a11
Book V 1
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461a4
Statesman 2
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274a2
310b5
Theaetetus 2
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156d4
159a14
Menexenus 1
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238a5

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.).

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