παλιγ·γενεσία, ας (ἡ) [ᾰλ]
      1 renaissance, PLUT. M. 998 c ; PHIL. 2, 501 ; particul. résurrection, NT. Matth. 19, 28 ;
      2 régénération, PHIL. 1, 159 ; M. ANT. 11, 1 ; particul. régénération par le baptême, NT. Tit. 3, 5.

Étym. π. γένεσις.

ἡ, rebirth, regeneration, of the world, παλιγγενεσίας ἡγεμόνες, of Noah and his sons, Id. 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. 2.998c; cf. μετεμψύχωσις fin. 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.
Medic., relapse, Gal. 13.83; regrowth of a tumour, Antyll. ap. Orib. 45.2.7.
in Roman Law, = restitutio natalium, Just. Nov. 18.11.
in NT., resurrection, Ev. Matt. 19.28.
regeneration by baptism, διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας Ep. Tit. 3.5.

ἡ, Wiedergeburt, Wiederaufleben, Erneuerung ; ἐκ θανάτου, Long. 3.4 ; ἀποθανοῦσα μυῖα ἀνίσταται καὶ παλιγγενεσία τις αὐτῇ καὶ βίος ἄλλος ἐξ ὑπαρχῆς γίγνεται, Luc. enc. musc. 7 ; a.Sp.; Auferstehung, NT.

παλινγενεσία (Rec. παλιγγ-), -ας, ἡ
(< πάλιν, γενεσις),
new birth, renewal, restoration, regeneration;
__(a) of persons (Plut., Phil., al.), of spiritual regeneration, διὰ λουτροῦ παλινγενεστίας (genitive attr., see Ellic., in l), Tit.3:5;
__(b) of the world, as in Stoics, Jewish Apocal., al. (see Dalman, Words, 177 ff.), Mat.19:28.†
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