gĕnĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [genero],
I a begetting , generating , generation (post-Aug.): piscium, Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157; 8, 47, 72, § 187: deorum = θεογονία, a poem of Hesiod, Lact. 1, 5, 8: Adam, Vulg. Gen. 5, 1: Christi, id. Matt. 1, 1.—
II Transf., a generation of men, Ambros. Off. Ministr. 1, 25, 121.—In plur., Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 142 al.; Vulg. Eph. 3, 5 et saep.