- ἐγγίγνομαι
- ἐγγίγνομαι, [dialect] Ion. and later [full] ἐγγίνομαι [pron. full] [ῑ], [tense] fut. ἐγγενήσομαι: [ per.] 3pl. [dialect] Ep. [tense] pf. ἐγγεγάᾱσι (the only tense used by Hom.):—A to be born in,
τοὶ Ἰλίῳ ἐγγεγάασιν Il.6.493
, cf. Od.13.233; of vermin, to be bred in the skin, Hdt.2.37; of stones, ἐν τῷ καρπῷ ἐ. ib.92.2 of things, qualities, etc., spring up, appear in or among,ὅσα ἐν ἀνθρώπου φύσι . . ἐ. Id.8.83
, cf. Pl.R.351d;αἴσθημά τι κἀν νηπίοις γε . . ἐ. E.IA1244
: c. dat., ἃ παρθένοις ἐγγίγνεται νοσήμαθ' Id.Ion 1524, cf. Th.2.49, X. Mem.1.2.21, etc.; of persons, Pl.Grg.526a.3 of events and the like , take place or happen in or among,τισί Hdt.5.3
, cf. 3.1;χεῖμα σφοδρὸν ἐ. Pl.Ax.371d
.II come in, intervene,λόγους ἐγγίνεσθαι Hdt.2.121
.δ; χρόνου ἐγγινομένου, ἐγγενομένου, Id.1.190, Th.1.113, etc.;ἵνα μοι χρόνος ἐγγένηται τῆ σκέψει Pl.Prt.339e
, cf. Smp. 184a.III ἐγγίγνεται, impers., it is allowed or possible, c. inf., Hdt.1.132, 6.38, And.1.141, Pl.Phd.66c;ὥστε μὴ ἐγγενέσθαι μοι ποιῆσαι Antipho 5.17
; ἐγγενόμενον ἡμῖν when it was in our power, Is.5.19.IV for [tense] aor. ἐγγείνασθαι, v. ἐγγείνωνται.
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