gĕna | gĕnae, ārum (noun F) : and more freq. , , Sanscr. hanus, jaw; ganda, cheek; cf. Gr. γένυς; Germ. Kinn, lit., the upper part of the face, from the cheek-bones to the eyelids; hence, in gen.
* A cheek; plur., the cheeks (cf.: bucca, mala).
* Lit.: genae ab inferiore parte tutantur subjectae leniterque eminentes,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; cf. Plin. 11, 37, 57, § 156 sqq.
* Plur.: ad haec omnia exprimenda in palpebris etiam et genis est quoddam deserviens iis ministerium,Quint. 11, 3, 77; cf. Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 49: ad genarum crassitudines et oculorum albugines,id. 32, 9, 31, § 98: MVLIERES GENAS NE RADVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 23 fin.; Plin. 11, 37, 58, § 157; Fest. s. v. radere, p. 273 Müll.: lacrimae peredere humore exsangues genas, Poët. (perh. Pacuv.) ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26; cf.: manat rara meas lacrima per genas,Hor. C, 4, 1, 34: lacrimis humectent ora genasque,Lucr. 1, 920; cf. id. 2, 977; 3, 469: pulchrae,Hor. C. 4, 13, 8: nunc primum opacat flore lanugo genas, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 94 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 103 Rib.): pilosae,Cic. Pis. 1, 1: erasae,Prop. 4 (5), 8, 26. tum mihi prima genas vestibat flore juventa,Verg. A. 8, 160: leves,Quint. 12, 10, 8: confusa pudore sensi me totis erubuisse genis,Ov. H. 21, 112; Vulg. Cant. 1, 9 al.
* Transf.: genae (not in sing.).
* In Ennius for palpebrae, the eyelids: genas Ennius palpebras putat, cum dicit hoc versu: Pandite sulti' genas et corde relinquite somnum, Paul. ex Fest. s. h. v. p. 94 Müll. (Ann. v. 521 Vahl.): imprimitque genae genam, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 686 (Trag. v. 436 Vahl.).
* The eye or eyes (poet.): exustaeque tuae mox, Polypheme, genae,Prop. 3, 12 (4, 11), 26: cornicum immeritas eruit ungue genas,id. 4 (5), 5, 16; Ov. P. 2, 8, 66; id. H. 20, 206.
* The sockets of the eyes: expilatque genis oculos,Ov. M. 13, 562.

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