Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

γείνομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γείνομαι ἐγεινάμην

Structure: γείν (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: from an obsol. act. Gei/nw genna/w

Sense

  1. I am born
  2. I beget, bring into being

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist 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

  • "οἱο͂ν ἡγεμόνα τῆσ Ῥώμησ ὁ δαίμων ἀφελόμενοσ Ἀρδεάτασ ἐκόσμησε τοῖσ Καμίλλου κατορθώμασιν, ἡ δὲ γειναμένη καὶ θρέψασα τοιοῦτον ἄνδρα πόλισ οἴχεται καὶ ἀπόλωλεν. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 24 1:1)
  • φασὶν γὰρ πᾶσαι Σμύρνη τέκε θεῖον Ὅμηρον, ἡ καὶ Ἀριστείδην ῥήτορα γειναμένη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3202)
  • Αἰνείασ δὲ τῆσ μὲν ὑὸσ τὸν τόκον ἅμα τῇ γειναμένῃ τοῖσ πατρῴοισ ἁγίζει θεοῖσ ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ τῷδ’, οὗ νῦν ἐστιν ἡ καλιάσ, καὶ αὐτὴν οἱ Λαουινιάται τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἄβατον φυλάττοντεσ ἱερὰν νομίζουσι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 57 1:1)
  • οὐκέτι Τιμόκλεια τεῶν φάοσ ὤλεσασ ὄσσων κούρουσ δοιοτόκῳ νηδύι γειναμένη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 7421)
  • τύχην τε πάντων αἰτίαν ἡγησάμενοσ ὧν πέπονθασ πρὸσ ἡμῶν ἢ δέδρακασ ἡμᾶσ κακῶν, ἄπιθι χαίρων ἐπὶ τὰ οἰκεῖα, καὶ κόμισαι μητρόσ τε περιβολὰσ προσηνεστάτασ καὶ γυναικὸσ φιλοφροσύνασ ἡδίστασ καὶ τέκνων ἀσπασμοὺσ γλυκυτάτουσ, καὶ σεαυτὸν ἀπόδοσ ὀφείλημα κάλλιστον τῇ γειναμένῃ σε καὶ τηλικοῦτον ἄνδρα παιδευσαμένῃ πατρίδι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 28 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. I am born

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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