Ge-nēth'li-āc1, n.
n. [Lat. genethliacon. See infra.] 1. A birthday poem. Brande. 2. One skilled in genethliacs. [Obs.]
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n. [Lat. genethliacon. See infra.] 1. A birthday poem. Brande. 2. One skilled in genethliacs. [Obs.]
a. [Fr. généthliaque, Lat. genethliacus, Gr. γενεθλιακός, from γενέθλια, pl., a birthday feast, γενέθλιος, belonging to one's birth, γένέθλη, birth, γίγνεσθαι, to be born.] Pertaining to nativities, as calculated by astrologers; showing the positions of the stars at the birth of any person. [Obs.] Howell.