γενέθλιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=γενέθλιον, also [[γενεθλία]], γενέθλιον Lyc.1194:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[of one's birth]] or [[belonging to one's birth]], [[γενέθλιος]] [[δόσις]] = a [[birthday]] [[gift]], A.''Eu.''7; <b class="b3">ἡ γενέθλιος ἡμέρα</b> [[birthday]], Epicur. ''Fr.''217, ''OGl''111.29 (ii B. C.), etc.; <b class="b3">γενεθλία ἡμέρα</b> ib.222.6 (iii B. C.): pl., ib.493.20 (ii A. D.); τῇ γενεθλίᾳ ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''494.24 (ii A. D.); and <b class="b3">ἡ γενέθλιος</b>, without [[ἡμέρα]], ''CIG''3957b, Luc.''Dem.Enc.''2; γενέθλιον [[ἦμαρ]] ''AP''6.261 (Crin.); also ἀγὼν γενέθλιος τοῦ θεάτρου to [[celebrate]] a [[birthday]], ClG 4342d (Aspendus); [[τὰ γενέθλια]] = [[birthday feast]], ''SIG''463.11; <b class="b3">γ. θύειν</b> offer [[birthday offerings]], E.''Ion''653, Pl.''Alc.''1.121c; ἑστιᾶν Luc.''Herm.''11, cf. ''BGU''362x9 (iii A. D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[of one's race]] or [[of one's family]], especially of [[tutelary]] [[god]]s, Ζεὺς γενέθλιος Pi.''O.''8.16, ''P.''4.167; γενέθλιος [[δαίμων]] Id.''O.''13.105; γενέθλιοι θεοί A.''Th.''639 (but in [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''729c, 879d, [[presiding over generation]], and in D.H.1.67, = ''Penates''); <b class="b3">αἷμα γενέθλιον</b> [[kindred]] [[blood]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''89; <b class="b3">γ. ἀραί</b> a [[parent's]] [[curse]], A.''Ch.''912.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[giving birth]], [[generative]], <b class="b3">γενέθλιος ἀκτίνων πατήρ</b>, i.e. the Sun, Pi.''O.''7.70; <b class="b3">γενέθλιος πόρος</b> thy [[natal]] [[stream]], A.''Eu.''293; βλάσται γ. S.''OC''972; <b class="b3">ἀνέλυσα γενέθλιον… [δελφύν]</b>, of her first child, ''Hymn.Is.''17.