γίγνομαι: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[γί-γνομαι is syncopated from γι-γένομαι, the Root [[being]] !γεν; cf. aor. 2 [[γενέσθαι]], [[γένος]], etc.; so Lat. gi-gno for gi-[[geno]].]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> Radical [[sense]], to [[come]] [[into]] [[being]], Lat. gigni:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of persons, to be [[born]], νέον γεγαώς new [[born]], Od.; γεγονέναι ἔκ τινος Hdt.; [[more]] [[rarely]] ἀπό τινος Hdt.; τινος Eur.:—with Numerals, ἔτεα [[τρία]] καὶ [[δέκα]] γεγονώς, Lat. [[natus]] annos [[tredecim]], Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of things, to be produced, Plat., Xen., etc.:—of sums, ὁ γεγονὼς [[ἀριθμός]] the [[result]] or [[amount]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of events, to [[take]] [[place]], [[come]] to [[pass]], [[come]] on, [[happen]], and in [[past]] tenses to be, Hom., etc.:— ὃ μὴ γένοιτο, Lat. [[quod]] dii prohibeant, Dem.:—c. dat. et [[part]]., γίγνεταί τί μοι βουλομένωι, ἀσμένωι I am [[glad]] at its [[being]] so, Thuc., etc.:—of sacrifices, omens, etc., to be [[favourable]], Thuc., Xen.:—in neut. [[part]]., τὸ [[γενόμενον]] the [[event]], the [[fact]], Thuc.; τὰ [[γενόμενα]] the facts, Xen.; τὰ [[γεγενημένα]] [[former]] events, the [[past]], Xen.; τὸ [[γενησόμενον]] the [[future]], Thuc.:—of [[Time]], ὡς τρίτη [[ἡμέρη]] ἐγένετο arrived, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> followed by a Predicate, to [[come]] [[into]] a [[certain]] [[state]], to [[become]], Lat. fieri, and (in [[past]] tenses), to be so and so, Hom., etc.; πάντα γιγνόμενος [[turning]] [[every]] way, Od.; so, [[παντοῖος]] γ. Hdt.; τί γένωμαι; [[what]] am I to [[become]]? i. e. [[what]] is to [[become]] of me? Aesch.; οὐκ ἔχοντες [[ὅ τι]] γένωνται Thuc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> with Adverbs, [[κακῶς]] ἐγένετό μοι it went ill with me, Hdt.; εὖ, [[καλῶς]], γίγνεται it goes well, etc., Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> followed by [[oblique]] cases of Nouns,<br />a. c. gen., γ. τῶν δικαστέων to [[become]] one of the jurymen, Hdt., etc.:— to [[fall]] to the [[share]] of, belong to, ἡ [[νίκη]] γίγνεταί τινος Xen.:— to be [[master]] of, [[ἑαυτοῦ]] γ. Soph., etc.; γ. ἐντὸς ἑωϋτοῦ Hdt.:—of things, to be at, i. e. to [[cost]], so [[much]], c. gen. pretii, Ar.<br />b. with Preps., γ. ἀπὸ, or ἐκ δείπνου to be done [[supper]], Hdt.; γ. εἰς τόπον to be at . . , Hdt.:—. γ. ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶν τινι to be out of [[sight]], Hdt.; γ. ἐν τόπωι to be in a [[place]], Hdt.; also, γ. ἐν ποιήσει to be [[engaged]] in [[poetry]], Hdt., etc.; γ. δι' ἔχθρας, δι' ἔριδος γ. τινι to be at [[enmity]] with, Ar., etc.:— γ. ἐπί τινι to [[fall]] [[into]] or be in one's [[power]], Xen.:— γ. [[μετά]] τινος to be on his [[side]], Xen.:— γ. [[παρά]] τινα to [[come]] to one, Hdt.:— γ. πρὸς τόπωι to be at or near . . , Plat.: γ. πρός τινι to be [[engaged]] in . . , Dem.; πρός τι Plat.:— γ. πρὸ ὁδοῦ to be [[forward]] on the way, Il.