gĕnĕsis
is, f.
I.
generation, birth, creation.
I.
Lit.: in basi (statuae Minervae) quod caelatum est, Pandoras genesin appellavit (Phidias), Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 19. —
B.
Genesis, the name of the first book of Moses (the history of the creation), Tert. de Or. 6.—
II.
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.