Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐγγίγνομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγγίγνομαι ἐγγενήσομαι

Structure: ἐγγίγν (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. to be born or bred in
  2. to be inborn, innate
  3. to happen in or among
  4. to come in, intervene, pass
  5. it is allowed or possible

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐκοῦν πρὸσ ταῦτα βλέπων ὁ ῥήτωρ ἐκεῖνοσ, ὁ τεχνικόσ τε καὶ ἀγαθόσ, καὶ τοὺσ λόγουσ προσοίσει ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ οὓσ ἂν λέγῃ, καὶ τὰσ πράξεισ ἁπάσασ, καὶ δῶρον ἐάν τι διδῷ, δώσει, καὶ ἐάν τι ἀφαιρῆται, ἀφαιρήσεται, πρὸσ τοῦτο ἀεὶ τὸν νοῦν ἔχων, ὅπωσ ἂν αὐτοῦ τοῖσ πολίταισ δικαιοσύνη μὲν ἐν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ γίγνηται, ἀδικία δὲ ἀπαλλάττηται, καὶ σωφροσύνη μὲν ἐγγίγνηται, ἀκολασία δὲ ἀπαλλάττηται, καὶ ἡ ἄλλη ἀρετὴ ἐγγίγνηται, κακία δὲ ἀπίῃ. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 349:5)
  • ὅταν οὖν τοῦτο ἐν ψυχῇ κατὰ διάνοιαν ἐγγίγνηται μετὰ σιγῆσ, πλὴν δόξησ ἔχεισ ὅτι προσείπῃσ αὐτό; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 288:1)
  • τά τε ἐν τοῖσ ὕπνοισ καὶ ὅσα μεθ’ ἡμέραν φαντάσματα αὐτοφυῆ λέγεται, σκιὰ μὲν ὅταν ἐν τῷ πυρὶ σκότοσ ἐγγίγνηται, διπλοῦν δὲ ἡνίκ’ ἂν φῶσ οἰκεῖόν τε καὶ ἀλλότριον περὶ τὰ λαμπρὰ καὶ λεῖα εἰσ ἓν συνελθὸν τῆσ ἔμπροσθεν εἰωθυίασ ὄψεωσ ἐναντίαν αἴσθησιν παρέχον εἶδοσ ἀπεργάζηται. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 301:7)
  • τὴν τῶν καλῶν καὶ δικαίων πέρι καὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ τῶν τούτοισ ἐναντίων ὄντωσ οὖσαν ἀληθῆ δόξαν μετὰ βεβαιώσεωσ, ὁπόταν ἐν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ ἐγγίγνηται, θείαν φημὶ ἐν δαιμονίῳ γίγνεσθαι γένει. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 315:3)

Synonyms

  1. to be born or bred in

  2. to be inborn

  3. to happen in or among

  4. to come in

  5. it is allowed or possible

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

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