(), the protectress of births, occurs both as a
surname of Aphrodite (Aristoph. Cl. 52, with the Schol.),
and as a distinct divinity and a companion of Aphrodite. (Suidas.) (Genetyllis was also
considered as a surname of Artemis, to whom women sacrificed dogs. (Hesych. s.
v.Γενετυλίς; Aristoph. Lys.
2.) We also find the plural, Γενετυλλίδες, or
Γενναΐδες, as a class of divinities presiding over
generation and birth, and as companions of Aphrodite Colias. (Aristoph. Thes. 130; Paus. 1.4; Alciph. 3.2; comp. Bentley
ad Hor. Carm. Saec. 16.)