I.to beget, procreate, engender, produce, create; in pass., to spring or descend from.
I. Lit. (class.): “hominem generavit et ornavit deus,” Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27: isque (Capys) pium ex se Anchisen generat, Enn. ap. Philarg. ad Verg. G. 3, 35 (Ann. v. 32 Vahl.): “Oebalus, quem generasse Telon Sebethide nymphā Fertur,” Verg. A. 7, 734: “unde nil majus generatur ipso (Jove),” Hor. C. 1, 12, 17: “Herculis stirpe generatus,” Cic. Rep. 2, 12: “homines hominum causa esse generatos,” id. Off. 1, 7, 22: “ita generati a natura sumus, ut, etc.,” id. ib. 1, 29, 103; cf. id. Rep. 6, 15: “a quo (deo) populum Romanum generatum accepimus,” id. Phil. 4, 2, 5: “ab origine ultima stirpis Romanae generatus,” Nep. Att. 1: “Tros est generatus ab illo,” Ov. F. 4, 33: “fuit Argolico generatus Alemone quidam Myscelos,” id. M. 15, 19: “Trojā generatus Acestes,” Verg. A. 5, 61: “mulos (antiqui vocabant) quos asini et equae generarent,” Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 172: “quale portentum ... nec Jubae tellus generat,” Hor. C. 1, 22, 15: “terram tanto prius animalia generare coepisse,” Just. 2, 1 fin.: “atque aliam ex alia generando suffice prolem,” Verg. G. 3, 65: “(mundus) semperne fuerit, nullo generatus ortu: an, etc.,” Cic. Univ. 2: “semina, unde essent omnia orta, generata, concreta,” id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; cf.: “semina generantia ranas,” Ov. M. 15, 375: “terra et hos (rubos) generat,” Quint. 9, 4, 5: “terra generandis alendisque seminibus fecundior,” id. 10, 3, 2: “e gramine, quod in eo loco generatum esset, etc.,” Gell. 5, 6, 9: “generandi gloria mellis,” Verg. G. 4, 205: “ignibus generandis nutriendisque soli ipsius naturalis materia,” Just. 4, 1.—Absol.: “asina generare coepit,” Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 172.—
II. Trop. (perh. only post-Aug.).
A. In gen.: “cetera forsitan tenuis quoque et angusta ingenii vena ... generare atque ad frugem aliquam perducere queat,” Quint. 6, 2, 3: “verecundia vitium quidem, sed quae virtutes facillime generet,” id. 12, 5, 2; Dig. 25, 3, 7: “peccatum generat mortem,” Vulg. Jacob. 1, 15.—
B. In partic., to bring forth, produce, of mental productions: “quae (aetates) nihil dum ipsae ex se generare queunt,” Quint. 1, 1, 36: “cum generabit ipse aliquid atque componet,” id. 1, 12, 12; 8, 6, 32; cf. id. 10, 2, 5: “similiter decurrentium spatiorum observatione esse generatum (poëma),” id. 9, 4, 114; cf. Suet. Ner. 52.
