Definition of genesis
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genesis, genesis
genesis
γένεσις
noun (f., 3rd Greek declension)
  1. generation, birth, creation
  2. the name of the first book of Moses
  3. the star that is rising at one's birth, a natal-star, nativity, horoscope
Abbreviations
genesis, is, f., = γένεσις, generation, birth, creation. Lit.: in basi (statuae Minervae) quod caelatum est, Pandoras genesin appellavit (Phidias), Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 19.

— Genesis, the name of the first book of Moses (the history of the creation), Tert. de Or. 6.

— Transf., the star that is rising at one's birth, a natal-star, nativity, horoscope: inspecta genesi, Juv. 6, 579: nota mathematicis genesis tua, id. 14, 248: quod vulgo crederetur (Mettius) genesim habere imperatoriam, Suet. Vesp. 14; id. Dom. 10.
 
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