III. γενέσια, τά, day kept in memory of the birthday of the dead, Hdt.4.26, cf. Ammon.p.36V., Phryn.83; to be distinguished from γενέθλια birthday-feast, though used for it in Pl.Lg.784d (s. v. l.) and later Gk., POxy.736.56 (i B. C./i A. D.), PFay.114.20 (i/ii A. D.), etc., Alciphr.3.18 and 55, Ev.Matt.14.6, Ev.Marc.6.21, D.C.47.18; so ἡ γ. ἡμέρα, = ἡ γενέθλιος, CIG2883c (Branchidae); ἡ γ. alone, OGI583.14 (Cyprus); “τῇ τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ ἐμμήνῳ γ.” IGRom.4.353b (Pergam., ii A. D.).
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