γείνομαι
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁-yé-tor. Compare γίγνομαι (gígnomai), Latin gigno, gnatus and Sanskrit जनति (jánati).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡěː.no.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡi.no.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.no.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.no.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝi.no.me/
Verb
[edit]γείνομαι • (geínomai)
Inflection
[edit] Present: γείνομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | γείνομαι | γείνῃ, γείνει |
γείνεται | γείνεσθον | γείνεσθον | γεινόμεθᾰ | γείνεσθε | γείνονται | ||||
subjunctive | γείνωμαι | γείνῃ | γείνηται | γείνησθον | γείνησθον | γεινώμεθᾰ | γείνησθε | γείνωνται | |||||
optative | γεινοίμην | γείνοιο | γείνοιτο | γείνοισθον | γεινοίσθην | γεινοίμεθᾰ | γείνοισθε | γείνοιντο | |||||
imperative | γείνου | γεινέσθω | γείνεσθον | γεινέσθων | γείνεσθε | γεινέσθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | γείνεσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | γεινόμενος | |||||||||||
f | γεινομένη | ||||||||||||
n | γεινόμενον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἐγεινόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐγεινόμην | ἐγείνου | ἐγείνετο | ἐγείνεσθον | ἐγεινέσθην | ἐγεινόμεθᾰ | ἐγείνεσθε | ἐγείνοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐγεινᾰ́μην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | ἐγεινᾰ́μην | ἐγείνω | ἐγείνᾰτο | ἐγείνᾰσθον | ἐγεινᾰ́σθην | ἐγεινᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐγείνᾰσθε | ἐγείνᾰντο | ||||
subjunctive | γείνωμαι | γείνῃ | γείνηται | γείνησθον | γείνησθον | γεινώμεθᾰ | γείνησθε | γείνωνται | |||||
optative | γειναίμην | γείναιο | γείναιτο | γείναισθον | γειναίσθην | γειναίμεθᾰ | γείναισθε | γείναιντο | |||||
imperative | γεῖναι | γεινᾰ́σθω | γείνᾰσθον | γεινᾰ́σθων | γείνᾰσθε | γεινᾰ́σθων | |||||||
middle | |||||||||||||
infinitive | γείνᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | γεινᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
f | γεινᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
n | γεινᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | γεινᾰ́μην | γείνᾰο | γείνᾰτο | γείνᾰσθον | γεινᾰ́σθην | γεινᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ | γείνᾰσθε | γείνᾰντο | ||||
subjunctive | γείνωμαι | γείνηαι | γείνηται | γείνησθον | γείνησθον | γεινώμε(σ)θᾰ | γείνησθε | γείνωνται | |||||
optative | γειναίμην | γείναιο | γείναιτο | γείναισθον | γειναίσθην | γειναίμε(σ)θᾰ | γείναισθε | γειναίᾰτο | |||||
imperative | γεῖναι | γεινᾰ́σθω | γείνᾰσθον | γεινᾰ́σθων | γείνᾰσθε | γεινᾰ́σθων | |||||||
middle | |||||||||||||
infinitive | γείνᾰσθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | γεινᾰ́μενος | |||||||||||
f | γεινᾰμένη | ||||||||||||
n | γεινᾰ́μενον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “γείνομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γείνομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γείνομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γείνομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γείνομαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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