ἐπιγίγνομαι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπιγίνομαι (epigínomai) — Ionic, Koine

Etymology

ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) +‎ γῐ́γνομαι (gĭ́gnomai, “to come into being”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡí.ɡno.mai̯/ → /e.piˈʝi.ɣno.mɛ/ → /e.piˈʝi.ɣno.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡí.ɡno.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈɡi.ɡno.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈʝi.ɣno.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈʝi.ɣno.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈʝi.ɣno.me/

Verb

ἐπῐγῐ́γνομαι • (epĭgĭ́gnomai)

1. to come into being after, be born after
2. to happen after, succeed
3. to come as fulfillment of [with dative ‘of something’]

Conjugation

   Present: ἐπῐγῐ́γνομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπῐγῐ́γνομαι	ἐπῐγῐ́γνῃ, ἐπῐγῐ́γνει	ἐπῐγῐ́γνεται	ἐπῐγῐ́γνεσθον	ἐπῐγῐ́γνεσθον	ἐπῐγῐγνόμεθᾰ	ἐπῐγῐ́γνεσθε	ἐπῐγῐ́γνονται
	subjunctive	ἐπῐγῐ́γνωμαι	ἐπῐγῐ́γνῃ	ἐπῐγῐ́γνηται	ἐπῐγῐ́γνησθον	ἐπῐγῐ́γνησθον	ἐπῐγῐγνώμεθᾰ	ἐπῐγῐ́γνησθε	ἐπῐγῐ́γνωνται
	optative	ἐπῐγῐγνοίμην	ἐπῐγῐ́γνοιο	ἐπῐγῐ́γνοιτο	ἐπῐγῐ́γνοισθον	ἐπῐγῐγνοίσθην	ἐπῐγῐγνοίμεθᾰ	ἐπῐγῐ́γνοισθε	ἐπῐγῐ́γνοιντο
	imperative		ἐπῐγῐ́γνου	ἐπῐγῐγνέσθω	ἐπῐγῐ́γνεσθον	ἐπῐγῐγνέσθων		ἐπῐγῐ́γνεσθε	ἐπῐγῐγνέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἐπῐγῐ́γνεσθαι
participle	m					ἐπῐγῐγνόμενος
	f					ἐπῐγῐγνομένη
	n					ἐπῐγῐγνόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐπῐγῐγνόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπῐγῐγνόμην	ἐπῐγῐ́γνου	ἐπῐγῐ́γνετο	ἐπῐγῐ́γνεσθον	ἐπῐγῐγνέσθην	ἐπῐγῐγνόμεθᾰ	ἐπῐγῐ́γνεσθε	ἐπῐγῐ́γνοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐπεγενόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐπεγενόμην	ἐπεγένου	ἐπεγένετο	ἐπεγένεσθον	ἐπεγενέσθην	ἐπεγενόμεθᾰ	ἐπεγένεσθε	ἐπεγένοντο
	subjunctive	ἐπῐγένωμαι	ἐπῐγένῃ	ἐπῐγένηται	ἐπῐγένησθον	ἐπῐγένησθον	ἐπῐγενώμεθᾰ	ἐπῐγένησθε	ἐπῐγένωνται
	optative	ἐπῐγενοίμην	ἐπῐγένοιο	ἐπῐγένοιτο	ἐπῐγένοισθον	ἐπῐγενοίσθην	ἐπῐγενοίμεθᾰ	ἐπῐγένοισθε	ἐπῐγένοιντο
	imperative		ἐπῐγενοῦ	ἐπῐγενέσθω	ἐπῐγένεσθον	ἐπῐγενέσθων		ἐπῐγένεσθε	ἐπῐγενέσθων
					middle
infinitive					ἐπῐγενέσθαι
participle	m				ἐπῐγενόμενος
	f				ἐπῐγενομένη
	n				ἐπῐγενόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ἐπιγίγνομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιγίγνομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐπιγίγνομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπιγίγνομαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963