γῆ + νεῦσις

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Word-form

γένεσιν

Transliteration (Word)

genesis

Transliteration (Etymon)

gē + neusis

Author

Plutarch

Century

1-2 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

De sera numinis vindicta 566a8-9

Ed.

M. Pohlenz, Plutarchi moralia, vol. 3, Leipzig: Teubner, 1929 (repr. 1972)

Quotation

[…] πρὸς γένεσιν, ἣν οὕτως ὠνομάσθαι, νεῦσιν ἐπὶ γῆν οὖσαν ὑγρότητι βαρυνομένης τῆς ψυχῆς