γενέθλιος

English (LSJ)

ον, also α, ον Lyc.1194:—

   A of or belonging to one's birth, γ. δόσις a birthday gift, A.Eu.7; ἡ γενέθλιος ἡμέρα birthday, Epicur. Fr.217, OGl111.29 (ii B. C.), etc.; γενεθλία ἡμέρα ib.222.6 (iii B. C.): pl., ib.493.20 (ii A. D.); τῇ γενεθλίᾳ POxy.494.24 (ii A. D.); and ἡ γενέθλιος, without ἡμέρα, CIG3957b, Luc.Dem.Enc.2; γενέθλιον ἦμαρ AP6.261 (Crin.); also ἀγὼν γ. τοῦ θεάτρου to celebrate a birthday, ClG 4342d (Aspendus); τὰ γ. birthday feast, SIG463.11; γ. θύειν offer birthday offerings, E.Ion653, Pl.Alc.1.121c; ἑστιᾶν Luc.Herm.11, cf. BGU362x9 (iii A. D.), etc.    II of one's race or family, esp. of tutelary gods, Ζεὺς γ. Pi.O.8.16, P.4.167; γ. δαίμων Id.O.13.105; γ. θεοί A.Th.639 (but in Pl.Lg.729c, 879d, presiding over generation, and in D.H.1.67, = Penates); αἷμα γ. kindred blood, E.Or.89; γ. ἀραί a parent's curse, A.Ch.912.    III giving birth, generative, γενέθλιος ἀκτίνων πατήρ, i.e. the Sun, Pi.O.7.70; γ. πόρος thy natal stream, A.Eu.293; βλάσται γ. S.OC972; ἀνέλυσα γενέθλιον . . [δελφύν], of her first child, Hymn.Is.17.