γίγνομαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵnh₁-, the reduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁- (to beget, give birth). Cognate with Latin gignō and nāscor.[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    γίγνομαι • (gígnomai)

    1. to come into being
      1. (of people) to be born
        • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.1:
          Δαρείου καὶ Παρυσάτιδος γίγνονται παῖδες δύο
          Dareíou kaì Parusátidos gígnontai paîdes dúo
          Darius and Parysatis had two sons born to them.
      2. (of things) to be produced
      3. (of events) to take place
    2. (followed by a predicate) to become
    3. (aorist participle) having ceased to be: former, ex-
      γενόμενος στρατηγός
      ho genómenos stratēgós
      the ex-general
    4. (present participle) something that is due (of payments); regular, normal, usual

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    Descendants

    • Greek: γίνομαι (gínomai) & γίγνεσθαι, γενέσθαι

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γίγνομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 272-3

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