γενέσιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=γενέσιον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> = [[γενέθλιος]], [[θεός]] Plu.2. 402a; [[epithet]] of Posidon, Paus.2.38.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[Γενέσιον]], τό, shrine of Posidon [[Γ]]., Paus.l.c.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[γενέσια]], τά, [[day kept in memory of the birthday of the dead]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.26, cf. Ammon.p.36V., Phryn.83; to be distinguished from [[γενέθλια]] [[birthday-feast]], though used for it in Pl.''Lg.''784d ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]) and later Gk., ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''736.56 (i B. C./i A. D.), ''PFay.''114.20 (i/ii A. D.), etc., Alciphr.3.18 and 55, ''Ev.Matt.''14.6, ''Ev.Marc.''6.21, D.C.47.18; so <b class="b3">ἡ γ. ἡμέρα</b>, = [[ἡ γενέθλιος]], ''CIG''2883c (Branchidae); <b class="b3">ἡ γ.</b> alone, ''OGI''583.14 (Cyprus); τῇ τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ ἐμμήνῳ γ. ''IGRom.''4.353b (Pergam., ii A. D.).