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

  • εἰ δὲ μή, ἐκδίδαξαί τινα, ἵνα κατὰ σχολὴν μανθάνων βελτίων γίγνῃ καὶ εὐδοξῇσ, ὅπωσ τὸ δι’ ἐμὲ ὠφελεῖσθαί σοι μὴ ἀνιῇ. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 13 8:1)
  • "ἐνδοτέρω φεύγεισ, μᾶλλον ἐν τῷ καπηλείῳ γίγνῃ. (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 11 11:1)
  • τὸ δὲ πάντων ἥδιστον, ἐὰν βελτίων ἐμοῦ φανῇσ, καὶ ἐμὲ σὸν θεράποντα ποιήσῃ, καὶ μὴ δέῃ σε φοβεῖσθαι μὴ προϊούσησ τῆσ ἡλικίασ ἀτιμοτέρα ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ γένῃ, ἀλλὰ πιστεύῃσ ὅτι πρεσβυτέρα γιγνομένη ὅσῳ ἂν καὶ ἐμοὶ κοινωνὸσ καὶ παισὶν οἴκου φύλαξ ἀμείνων γίγνῃ, τοσούτῳ καὶ τιμιωτέρα ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ἔσει. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 7 43:1)
  • ὅταν εὖ εἴπῃσ ἔπη καὶ ἐκπλήξῃσ μάλιστα τοὺσ θεωμένουσ, ἢ τὸν Ὀδυσσέα ὅταν ἐπὶ τὸν οὐδὸν ἐφαλλόμενον ᾄδῃσ, ἐκφανῆ γιγνόμενον τοῖσ μνηστῆρσι καὶ ἐκχέοντα τοὺσ ὀιστοὺσ πρὸ τῶν ποδῶν, ἢ Ἀχιλλέα ἐπὶ τὸν Ἕκτορα ὁρμῶντα, ἢ καὶ τῶν περὶ Ἀνδρομάχην ἐλεινῶν τι ἢ περὶ Ἑκάβην ἢ περὶ Πρίαμον, τότε πότερον ἔμφρων εἶ ἢ ἔξω σαυτοῦ γίγνῃ καὶ παρὰ τοῖσ πράγμασιν οἰέταί σου εἶναι ἡ ψυχὴ οἷσ λέγεισ ἐνθουσιάζουσα, ἢ ἐν Ἰθάκῃ οὖσιν ἢ ἐν Τροίᾳ ἢ ὅπωσ ἂν καὶ τὰ ἔπη ἔχῃ; (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 32:2)
  • ἀλλὰ γὰρ σύ, ὦ Ιὤν, εἰ μὲν ἀληθῆ λέγεισ ὡσ τέχνῃ καὶ ἐπιστήμῃ οἱο͂́σ τε εἶ Ὅμηρον ἐπαινεῖν, ἀδικεῖσ, ὅστισ ἐμοὶ ὑποσχόμενοσ ὡσ πολλὰ καὶ καλὰ περὶ Ὁμήρου ἐπίστασαι καὶ φάσκων ἐπιδείξειν, ἐξαπατᾷσ με καὶ πολλοῦ δεῖσ ἐπιδεῖξαι, ὅσ γε οὐδὲ ἅττα ἐστὶ ταῦτα περὶ ὧν δεινὸσ εἶ ἐθέλεισ εἰπεῖν, πάλαι ἐμοῦ λιπαροῦντοσ, ἀλλὰ ἀτεχνῶσ ὥσπερ ὁ Πρωτεὺσ παντοδαπὸσ γίγνῃ στρεφόμενοσ ἄνω καὶ κάτω, ἑώσ τελευτῶν διαφυγών με στρατηγὸσ ἀνεφάνησ, ἵνα μὴ ἐπιδείξῃσ ὡσ δεινὸσ εἶ τὴν περὶ Ὁμήρου σοφίαν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 70:1)

Synonyms

  1. to come into being

  2. to be produced

  3. to take place

Related

Derived

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