genethliac

American  

[juh-neth-lee-ak] / dʒəˈnɛθ liˌæk /

adjective

Astrology.

1. of or relating to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.

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Other Word Forms

• genethliacally adjective

Etymology

Origin of genethliac

First recorded in 1575–85; from Late Latin genethliacus “pertaining to one’s hour of birth or one's birthday; an astrologer who calculates such an hour or day,” from Latin genethliacus “one who casts horoscopes,” from Greek genethliakós, equivalent to genéthli(os) “pertaining to one's birth” (derivative of genéthlē “birth”) + -akos -ac

Example Sentences

Arch-genethliac: a genethliac is a calculator of nativities—an astrologer.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

The star which looked upon a child at the hour of his birth, was called the horoscopus, and the peculiar influence of each planet was determined by professors of the genethliac art.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John