Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γίγνομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γίγνομαι γενήσομαι ἐγενόμην γέγονα γεγένημαι

Structure: γίγν (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: gi/-gnomaigi-ge/nomai의 모음이 생략된 형태. 존재의 의미를 가진 어근은 GEN; 참고: aor. 2 gene/sqai, ge/nos; 마찬가지로 라틴어 gi-gno의 원형은 gi-geno였음.

Sense

  1. to come into being, (of people) to be born
  2. (of things) to be produced
  3. (of events) to take place

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Perfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular γέγονα γέγονας γέγονεν*
Dual γεγόνατον γεγόνατον
Plural γεγόναμεν γεγόνατε γεγόνᾱσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular γεγόνω γεγόνῃς γεγόνῃ
Dual γεγόνητον γεγόνητον
Plural γεγόνωμεν γεγόνητε γεγόνωσιν*
OptativeSingular γεγόνοιμι γεγόνοις γεγόνοι
Dual γεγόνοιτον γεγονοίτην
Plural γεγόνοιμεν γεγόνοιτε γεγόνοιεν
ImperativeSingular γέγονε γεγονέτω
Dual γεγόνετον γεγονέτων
Plural γεγόνετε γεγονόντων
Infinitive γεγονέναι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
γεγονως γεγονοντος γεγονυῑα γεγονυῑᾱς γεγονον γεγονοντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular γεγένημαι γεγένησαι γεγένηται
Dual γεγένησθον γεγένησθον
Plural γεγενήμεθα γεγένησθε γεγένηνται
ImperativeSingular γεγένησο γεγενήσθω
Dual γεγένησθον γεγενήσθων
Plural γεγένησθε γεγενήσθων
Infinitive γεγένησθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
γεγενημενος γεγενημενου γεγενημενη γεγενημενης γεγενημενον γεγενημενου

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

  • Ὁσαπλάσιον γάρ ἐστι τὸ ΑΕ τοῦ ΓΖ, τοσαυταπλάσιον γεγονέτω καὶ τὸ ΕΒ τοῦ ΓΗ. (Euclid, Elements, book 5, type Prop48)
  • ἔστω πρότερον τὸ ΑΕ ἔλαττον τοῦ ΕΒ, καὶ πεπολλαπλασιάσθω τὸ ΑΕ, καὶ ἔστω αὐτοῦ πολλαπλάσιον τὸ ΖΗ μεῖζον ὂν τοῦ Δ, καὶ ὁσαπλάσιόν ἐστι τὸ ΖΗ τοῦ ΑΕ, τοσαυταπλάσιον γεγονέτω καὶ τὸ μὲν ΗΘ τοῦ ΕΒ τὸ δὲ Κ τοῦ Γ· (Euclid, Elements, book 5, type Prop103)
  • καὶ ὁσαπλάσιόν ἐστι τὸ ΗΘ τοῦ ΕΒ, τοσαυταπλάσιον γεγονέτω καὶ τὸ μὲν ΖΗ τοῦ ΑΕ, τὸ δὲ Κ τοῦ Γ. (Euclid, Elements, book 5, type Prop130)
  • καὶ συμπεπληρώσθω τὸ ΔΗ παραλληλόγραμμον, καὶ ἐκκείσθω τισ εὐθεῖα ἡ Κ, καὶ γεγονέτω ὡσ μὲν ἡ ΒΓ πρὸσ τὴν ΓΗ, οὕτωσ ἡ Κ πρὸσ τὴν Λ, ὡσ δὲ ἡ ΔΓ πρὸσ τὴν ΓΕ, οὕτωσ ἡ Λ πρὸσ τὴν Μ. (Euclid, Elements, book 6, type Prop473)
  • εἰ γὰρ δυνατόν, προσευρήσθω ὁ Δ, ὥστε εἶναι ὡσ τὸν Α πρὸσ τὸν Β, τὸν Γ πρὸσ τὸν Δ, καὶ γεγονέτω ὡσ ὁ Β πρὸσ τὸν Γ, ὁ Δ πρὸσ τὸν Ε. (Euclid, Elements, book 9, type Prop394)

Synonyms

  1. to come into being

  2. to be produced

  3. to take place

Related

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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