Γεννούστης

family-member

Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jun 2003Vetting: high2 revisions

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Such as a father, or relative, or grandson; best to take it as the last [of these].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γεννούστης· οἷον γεννήτης, ἢ συγγενὴς, ἢ ἔγγονος· τὸ τελευταῖον ἐκδέχεσθαι ἄμεινον.

Betacode

*gennou/sths: oi(=on gennh/ths, h)\ suggenh\s, h)\ e)/ggonos: to\ teleutai=on e)kde/xesqai a)/meinon.

The headword gennou/sths is a misreading, in this and earlier lexica, of ge/nous th=s in Plato, Philebus 30D -- where in any event genos means not "family" but "kind/sort/type". See the scholia to the line (and cf. already gamma 146).