Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γενέθλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γενέθλιος

Structure: γενεθλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or belonging to one's birth, birthday, birth-day, a birthday feast, birthday offerings
  2. of one's race or family, (dii gentiles), kindred, parent's
  3. giving birth, natal

Examples

  • "οὔτε γὰρ ξένων καὶ ἱκετῶν ἀδικίασ ὁ Ξένιοσ οὔτε γονέων ἀρὰσ ὁ Γενέθλιοσ οὕτω διώκει καὶ μέτεισι ταχέωσ ὡσ ἐρασταῖσ ἀγνωμονηθεῖσιν ὁ Ἔρωσ ὀξὺσ ὑπακούει, τῶν ἀπαιδεύτων καὶ ὑπερηφάνων κολαστήσ. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 20 3:3)
  • ’ τῆσ δὲ τῶν Παναθηναίων ἑορτῆσ ἐπιτελουμένησ, δι’ ἧσ καὶ τὰ δικαστήρια οὐ συνάγεται, ἔφη ’ γενέθλιόσ ἐστι τῆσ ἀλέκτοροσ Ἀθηνᾶσ καὶ ἄδικοσ ἡ τῆτεσ ἡμέρα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 53 2:1)
  • ὧν ὁ μὲν ἀπηνὴσ καὶ φιλόνεικοσ, ἡ δὲ μειλίχιοσ καὶ γενέθλιοσ. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 48 2:1)
  • νᾶσοσ, ἔχει τέ νιν ὀξειᾶν ὁ γενέθλιοσ ἀκτίνων πατήρ, πῦρ πνεόντων ἀρχὸσ ἵππων· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 7 24:1)
  • εἰ δὲ δαίμων γενέθλιοσ ἑρ́ποι, δι’ τοῦτ’ Ἐνυαλίῳ τ’ ἐκδώσομεν πράσσειν. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 13 28:4)

Synonyms

  1. giving birth

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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