πᾰλιγ-γενεσία (paliggenesia)

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What it meant — LSJ

rebirth, regeneration, renewal, beginning of a new life, restoration, transmigration, reincarnation

rebirth, regeneration, of the world, παλιγγενεσίας ἡγεμόνες, of Noah and his sons, Ph. 2.144; ἡ ἀνάκτησις καὶ π. τῆς πατρίδος J. AJ 11.3.9; renewal of a race, Corp.Herm. 3.3; of persons, beginning of a new life, εἰς π. ὁρμᾶν Ph. 1.159, cf. Luc. Musc.Enc. 7: hence of restoration after exile, Cic. Att. 6.6.4; transmigration, reincarnation of souls, Plu. Es. carn. 2 2.998c; cf. μετεμψύχωσις fin.

2 rebirth

in Stoic Philos., rebirth of the κόσμος, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.191: pl., ib. 187, Boeth.Stoic. 3.265; so later, ἡ περιοδικὴ π. τῶν ὅλων M.Ant. 11.1, cf. Procl. in Ti. 3.241 D.

3 relapse, regrowth

Medic., relapse, Gal. 13.83; regrowth of a tumour, Antyll. ap. Orib. 45.2.7.

II restitutio natalium

in Roman Law, = restitutio natalium, Just. Nov. 18.11.

III

in NT.,

1 resurrection

resurrection, Ev.Matt. 19.28.

2 regeneration

regeneration by baptism, διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας Ep.Tit. 3.5.

In the wild

παλιγγενεσίαν · palingenesian Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1815)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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