γενέσια
Γαστρὸς δὲ πειρῶ πᾶσαν ἡνίαν κρατεῖν → Frenis regendus venter adductis tibi est → Mit straffem Zügel such' zu lenken deinen Bauch
English (Strong)
neuter plural of a derivative of γένεσις; birthday ceremonies: birthday.
English (Thayer)
γενεσίων, τά (cf. Winer's Grammar, 176 (166)) (from the adjective γενέσιος from γένεσις), a birthday celebration, a birth-day feast: Alciphron epistles 3,18,55; Dio Cassius, 47,18, etc.; ἡ γενέσιος ἡμέρα, Josephus, Antiquities 12,4, 7). The earlier Greeks used γενέσια of funeral commemorations, a festival commemorative of a deceased friend (Latin feriae denicales), see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 103 f; (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 184; Winer s Grammar, 24 (23)). Cf. Keim, ii., p. 516 (iv. 223English translation).
Greek Monolingual
τα (AM)
βλ. γενέσιος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
γενέσια: τά
1) празднование дня рождения NT;
2) годовщина, поминальный день Her.
