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γείνομαι

γείνομαι, to be born; to beget

γείνομαι (γέν-yομαι, cf. γί-γν-ομαι):
    • I as Pass., only pres. and impf., to be born, cf. γίγνομαι (which is a constant v.l. in Hom.), γεινομένῳ at oneʼs birth, Il. 20.128, 24.210, Od. 4.208, cf. Hes. Th. 82, Alc. Supp. 14: impf. γεινόμεθʼ Il. 22.477, Hes. Sc. 88.
    • II as Med., aor. 1 ἐγεινάμην (Aeol. 3sg. γέννατʼ Alc. Supp. 8.13), in causal sense, beget, ἐγείναο παῖδʼ ἀΐδηλον Il. 5.880, cf. S. Aj. 1172, etc.; more freq. of the mother, bring forth, θεὰ δέ σε γείνατο μήτηρ Il. 1.280, cf. 6.26, Od. 6.25, etc.; οἱ γεινάμενοι the parents, Hdt. 1.120, X. Ap. 20; ὁ γεινάμενος the father, Ph. 2.171; ἡ γειναμένη the mother, Hdt. 4.10, 6.52, E. Tr. 825 (lyr.); αἱ γ. women in childbed, Arist. HA 582b15; μήτηρ ἥ μʼ ἐγείνατο she who bare me, A. Eu. 736, cf. Fr. 175, Supp. 581 (lyr.), S. OT 1020; πατρὶς ἥ μʼ ἐγείνατο E. Ph. 996.
      • 2 of Zeus, bring into life, οὐκ ἐλεαίρεις ἄνδρας, ἐπὴν δὴ γείνεαι αὐτός Od. 20.202.
      • 3 metaph., ἐγείνατο μόρον αὑτῷ A. Th. 751 (lyr.).
    • III aor. 1, in later Poets, in pass. sense, = ἐγενόμην, Call. Cer. 58. (Sts. written by itacism for γίνομαι, as IG 2(2).786.7 (iii B. C.).)

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