ἐγγίγνεσθαι
From LSJ
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐγγίγνομαι): elapse, intervene, spring up among
Lexicon Thucydideum
innasci, inesse, oriri in, to be inborn, be inherent, arise in, 1.2.4, 2.22.2, [vulgo commonly ἐγένετο] 2.49.6, 2.62.4, 7.49.4, [Vat. et alii Vatican and other manuscripts ἐγένετο]. 7.80.3,
obtingere, to fall to one's lot, 7.68.1, [Vat. Vatican manuscript ἐκγενησόμενον]
intermitti (de tempore), to cease (of time), 1.113.1, 4.111.2, 8.9.2, [Vat. Vatican manuscript γιγνομένης].
