A.“γένυι” Pi.O.13.85: pl., gen. “γενύων” P.4.225 (disyll.), A.Th.122 (lyr.): dat. “γένυσι” S.Ant.121 (lyr.), Ep. “γένυσσι” Il.11.416, “γενύεσσι” Nic. (v. infr.): acc. γένυας, contr. γένυ_ς:—jaw, “πυκάσαι τε γένυς εὐανθέϊ λάχνῃ” Od.11.320; ἡ ἄνω γ., ἡ κάτωθεν, Arist.HA492b23, sq.: pl., γένυες both jaws, the mouth with the teeth, Il.23.688, 11. 416, Pi.P.4.225, S.Ant.121: in sg., Thgn.1327, E.Ph.1380, al.: generally, side of the face, cheek, “φίλον φίλημα παρὰ γένυν τιθέντα” E. Supp.1154.
II. edge of an axe, axe, S.Ph.1205 (lyr.), El.196 (lyr.); of a fishing-hook, Opp.H.3.539; “πυράγρης” Nic.Al.50 (pl.). (Cf. Skr. hanus, Lat. gena, etc.) [υ_ twice in E., El.1214 (lyr.), Fr. 530.6.]