- γενέθλιος
- γενέθλιος, ον (Aeschyl. et al.; ins, pap) in gener. ‘pert. to one’s birth’① γ. ἡμέρα birthday (Epicurus, Fgm. 217 Us.; Plut., Pomp. 661 [79, 5]; Lucian, Enc. Dem. 26; OGI ind. VIII, s. esp. no. 458, 4f; Sb 1626; 2 Macc 6:7; Philo, Mos. 1, 207; Jos., Bell. 7, 37; 39) in imagery of Polycarp’s date of martyrdom MPol 18:3.—τὰ γενέθλια (Diod S 34+35, Fgm. 14; Lucian, Gall. 9; Porphyr., Vi. Plotini 2, 39ff, p. 103, 26; 27 Westerm.) Mk 6:21 D prob. belongs here, for otherwise δεῖπνον would be pleonastic.② τὰ γενέθλια birthday celebration (OGI 56, 5; 90, 46 τὰ γ. τοῦ βασιλέως; pap, s. Preis.; B-D-F §141, 3; s. also γενέσια) is poss. Mk 6:21 D, but s. 1 above. On variation in the title of GJs, s. deStrycker 211.—DELG s.v. γίγνομαι p. 223.
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