γέμω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Umbrian 𐌊𐌖𐌌𐌉𐌀𐌚 (kumiaf), whence Latin gumia (“glutton, gourmand”), as well as γέντο (génto, “(he, she) grasped”). Other possible, though less certain, comparanda include Latin gemō (“to sigh, groan”) (perhaps indicative of the noises one makes when full after eating).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡé.mɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.mo/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.mo/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.mo/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.mo/

Verb

γέμω • (gémō)

to be full (of)

Conjugation

Present: γέμω, γέμομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	γέμω	γέμεις	γέμει	γέμετον	γέμετον	γέμομεν	γέμετε	γέμουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	γέμω	γέμῃς	γέμῃ	γέμητον	γέμητον	γέμωμεν	γέμητε	γέμωσῐ(ν)
	optative	γέμοιμῐ	γέμοις	γέμοι	γέμοιτον	γεμοίτην	γέμοιμεν	γέμοιτε	γέμοιεν
	imperative		γέμε	γεμέτω	γέμετον	γεμέτων		γέμετε	γεμόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	γέμομαι	γέμῃ / γέμει	γέμεται	γέμεσθον	γέμεσθον	γεμόμεθᾰ	γέμεσθε	γέμονται
	subjunctive	γέμωμαι	γέμῃ	γέμηται	γέμησθον	γέμησθον	γεμώμεθᾰ	γέμησθε	γέμωνται
	optative	γεμοίμην	γέμοιο	γέμοιτο	γέμοισθον	γεμοίσθην	γεμοίμεθᾰ	γέμοισθε	γέμοιντο
	imperative		γέμου	γεμέσθω	γέμεσθον	γεμέσθων		γέμεσθε	γεμέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		γέμειν				γέμεσθαι
participle	m	γέμων				γεμόμενος
	f	γέμουσᾰ				γεμομένη
	n	γέμον				γεμόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἔγεμον, ἐγεμόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔγεμον	ἔγεμες	ἔγεμε(ν)	ἐγέμετον	ἐγεμέτην	ἐγέμομεν	ἐγέμετε	ἔγεμον
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐγεμόμην	ἐγέμου	ἐγέμετο	ἐγέμεσθον	ἐγεμέσθην	ἐγεμόμεθᾰ	ἐγέμεσθε	ἐγέμοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

γεμίζω (gemízō, “to fill, load”)
γέμος n (gémos, “load”, noun)
γεμόω (gemóō, “to fill, load”)
γόμος (gómos, “freight, cargo”)
γομόω (gomóō, “to load”)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γέμω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 265

γέμω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γέμω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
γέμω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“γέμω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
G1073 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- crowd idem, page 186.
- freight idem, page 344.
- full idem, page 348.
- lade idem, page 473.
- load idem, page 496.
- swarm idem, page 846.
- throng idem, page 870.

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γέμω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 265

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