Genial /(?)/

Ge·ni·al

Genial

a.
  1. Same as Genian. (Anat.)

Genial

a.
  1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
    Creator Venus, genial power of love.
  2. Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition.
    So much I feel my genial spirits droop.
  3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. [Obs.]
    Natural incapacity and genial indisposition.
  4. Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature. [R.]
    Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works.
    — Hare.

Phrases & Compounds
Genial gods
the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation.