γίγνομαι + ἆθλον

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Word-form

γενέθλιον

Transliteration (Word)

genethlios

Transliteration (Etymon)

gignomai + athlon

Author

Plutarch

Century

1-2 AD

Reference

fr. 177

Edition

F.H. Sandbach, Plutarchi moralia, vol. 7, Leipzig: Teubner, 1967

Source

Stobaeus

Ref.

Anthologium 4.52b

Ed.

O. Hense and C. Wachsmuth, Ioannis Stobaei anthologium, 5 vols., 1-2:1884; 3:1894; 4:1909; 5:1912 (repr. 1958)

Quotation

ᾗ καὶ γενέθλιον τὴν <πρώτην> ἡμέραν καλοῦσιν, ὡς ἄθλων καὶ πόνων μεγάλων ἀρχὴν γενομένην.