gigno
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵnh₁-, the reduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁-. Cognate to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being, to be born, to take place”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡiɡ.noː/, [ˈɡɪŋnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiɲ.ɲo/, [ˈd͡ʒiɲːo]
Verb[edit]
gignō (present infinitive gignere, perfect active genuī, supine genitum); third conjugation
- to bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear, to beget, to engender, to give birth to
- Synonyms: genō, prōcreō, suscipiō, prōdō, pario, creō, enitor, cōnītor, ēdō, efficiō
- Antonyms: necō, interimō, caedō, obtruncō
- (by said means): to produce, to cause, to yield
- (in the passive voice): to be born, to be begotten, to be engendered, to be produced, etc.
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References[edit]
- “gigno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gigno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gigno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae terra gignit
- the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae e terra gignuntur
- the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae terra gignit
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