γενέσιος: Difference between revisions

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