Γένεθλα

offshoots, races

Translated by Jennifer Benedict24 Jun 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] offsprings.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γένεθλα· γεννήματα.

Betacode

*ge/neqla: gennh/mata.

Same or similar entry in other lexica. Neuter plural.
Tragedic vocabulary in origin (see LSJ s.v.) but quoted here, apparently, from Oppian, Halieutica; see the scholia to 1.623 and 1.763.