Gena, huius genæ. f. g. Pli. The eie lidde: the cheeke: the ball of the theeke.Muliebres genarum lacetationes.Cic.Conspicuæ cum flore genæ. Claud. Grauidæ lachrymis genæ.Ouid.Ingenue genæ pictæ rubore.Ouid.Blushing theekes of one shamefast and modest.Madidæ.Ouid.Wet cheekes. Mœstæ. Ouid.Pisosæ.Cic.Pubentes.Virg.When the beard beginneth to growe on the cheekes.Pulchræ.Ouid. Purpureæ. Ouid. Carpere genas.Cic.To scratch the cheekes.Nec lachrymis caruêre genæ.Virg.Declinare genas.Stat.To close the eie liddes.Effusæ geuis lachrymæ. Virgil. Teares trickling downe the checkes. Exbaurire genas. Stat.Vdas facere genas.Ouid.To water his plants.Rubentes flagrant genæ. Sen. Humectare genas. Sen. To weepe: to water his plantes.Hument incultæ fonte pcrenne genæ.Ouid.I weepe continually.Immaduere lachrymit genæ.Ouid.The teares ranne dowe his cheekes.Fletus insequitur genas. Seneca. Idem. Irrigat fletus genas. Seneca. Idem. Humor in genas labitur. Horat. Roseas laniata genas. Virgil. Tearing bir beautifull redde cheekes.Liuentes genæ. Lucan. Concauæ lucent genæ. Sen. Manat lachryma per genas. Hor. Teares trickle downe, &c.Nitentes genæ.Stat. Pendentes genæ. Iuuenal. Lachrymæ peredêre humore genas exangues.Cic.Flagrantes genas persusa lachrymis.Virg.Rugis persulcata genas seueras. Claud. Weeping.Rigat fletu genas. Sen. Lachrymis rorantes genæ. Lucr. Ruptæ genæ. Iuuenal. Siccare genas. Ouid.Igne suffusæ genæ. Sen. Trementes genæ. Virg.Tum mihi prima genas vestibat flore iuuentus. Virgil. I began sitst to haue a yong beard.Vmbratus genas.Stat.Hauing his cheekes couered with a beard: bearded.
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gĕna, ae, and more freq. gĕnae, ārum, f. [Sanscr. hanus, jaw; ganda, cheek; cf. Gr. ge/nus; 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). I.Lit.: genae ab inferiore parte tutantur subjectae leniterque eminentes, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143; cf. Plin. 11, 37, 57, 156 sqq. (a).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.—(b).Sing.: atque genua comprimit arta gena, i. e. presses (beseechingly) the cheek close to his knee, Enn. ap. Isid. Orig. 11, 1, 109 dub. (cf. Vahl. Enn. p. 176): genam non leviter perstringere, Suet. Claud. 15 fin.: gena inferior, superior, Plin. 11, 37, 57, 156 (v. above).—II.Transf.: genae (not in sing.). A. 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.).—B.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.— C.The sockets of the eyes: expilatque genis oculos, Ov. M. 13, 562.