Etym.: e)g-gei/nwntai is 3rd pl. aor1 subj. in causal sense

Sense

1. breed, in

Examples

• ἀλλὰ μάλ’ αἰνῶσ δείδω μή μοι τόφρα Μενοιτίου ἄλκιμον υἱὸν μυῖαι καδδῦσαι κατὰ χαλκοτύπουσ ὠτειλὰσ εὐλὰσ ἐγγείνωνται, ἀεικίσσωσι δὲ νεκρόν, ἐκ δ’ αἰὼν πέφαται, κατὰ δὲ χρόα πάντα σαπήῃ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 19 2:9)

Similar forms

• ἐγγείνωνται (1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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