γεννάω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From γέννα (génna) + -ᾰ́ω (-áō), poetic form of γένος (génos, “offspring”). Causal counterpart of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born, to become”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡen.ná.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡenˈna.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝenˈna.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝenˈna.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝeˈna.o/
Verb
γεννᾰ́ω • (gennáō)
Inflection
Present: γεννᾰ́ω, γεννᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
Imperfect: ἐγέννᾰον, ἐγεννᾰόμην (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐγέννᾰον | ἐγέννᾰες | ἐγέννᾰε(ν) | ἐγεννᾰ́ετον | ἐγεννᾰέτην | ἐγεννᾰ́ομεν | ἐγεννᾰ́ετε | ἐγέννᾰον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐγεννᾰόμην | ἐγεννᾰ́ου | ἐγεννᾰ́ετο | ἐγεννᾰ́εσθον | ἐγεννᾰέσθην | ἐγεννᾰόμεθᾰ | ἐγεννᾰ́εσθε | ἐγεννᾰ́οντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐγέννων | ἐγέννᾱς | ἐγέννᾱ | ἐγεννᾶτον | ἐγεννᾱ́την | ἐγεννῶμεν | ἐγεννᾶτε | ἐγέννων | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐγεννώμην | ἐγεννῶ | ἐγεννᾶτο | ἐγεννᾶσθον | ἐγεννᾱ́σθην | ἐγεννώμεθᾰ | ἐγεννᾶσθε | ἐγεννῶντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: γεγέννηκᾰ, γεγέννημαι
Derived terms
References
- “γεννάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γεννάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- γεννάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- γεννάω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “γεννάω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1080 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek γεννάω (gennáō). Also see γένος (génos), γενέτης (genétēs), γόνος (gónos) and the Proto-Indo-European root ǵenh₁.
Pronunciation
Verb
γεννάω, γεννώ • (gennáo, gennó) (past γέννησα, passive γεννιέμαι)
Verb
γεννάω • (gennáo) (past γέννησα, passive γεννιέμαι)
Conjugation
Related terms
Compounds
- αναγεννώ (anagennó, “regenerate, rejuvenate”)
- απογεννώ (apogennó)
- γεννοβολάω (gennovoláo), γεννοβολώ (gennovoló)
- κακογεννάω (kakogennáo), κακογεννώ (kakogennó)
- ξαναγεννάω (xanagennáo, “give birth again”), ξαναγεννώ (xanagennó)
- ξεγεννάω (xegennáo), ξεγεννώ (xegennó)
Stem γενν-
- αγέννητος (agénnitos, “unborn”)
- αναγέννηση f (anagénnisi, “rebirth”)
- αναγεννησιακός (anagennisiakós, “of Renaissance”)
- γέννα f (génna, “birth”)
- γέννημα n (génnima)
- γέννηση f (génnisi, “birth”)
- γεννητικός (gennitikós) & compounds
- γεννητικότητα f (gennitikótita) & compounds
- γεννήτορας m (gennítoras, “genitor”)
- γεννητούρια n pl (gennitoúria, “birth”) (colloquial)
- γεννήτρια f (gennítria, “generator”) & compounds
- γεννοφάσκια n pl (gennofáskia) (colloquial)
- ετοιμόγεννος (etoimógennos)
- νεκρογέννητος (nekrogénnitos, “born dead”)
- νεογέννητος (neogénnitos, “newborn”)
- πορφυρογέννητος (porfyrogénnitos, “porphyrogene”)
- πρωτόγεννος (protógennos, “first”)
- Χριστούγεννα n pl (Christoúgenna, “Christmas”)
Stems
Categories:
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