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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

  • Τιμόσθενεσ, ὔμμε δ’ ἐκλάρωσεν πότμοσ Ζηνὶ γενεθλίῳ· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 8 4:1)
  • Ἔνθα δ’ ἔσαν σταθμοί τε βοῶν αὖλίσ τ’ Ἀμύκοιο, Βεβρύκων βασιλῆοσ ἀγήνοροσ, ὅν ποτε νύμφη τίκτε Ποσειδάωνι Γενεθλίῳ εὐνηθεῖσα Βιθυνὶσ Μελίη, ὑπεροπληέστατον ἀνδρῶν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 1:1)

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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