γείνομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From *γέν-yομαι. Cognate with Latin gigno, gnatus and Sanskrit जनति (jánati).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ɡe͜énomă͜ɪ̆/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɣíːnomɛ/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ɣínome/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ʝínome/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ʝínome/

Verb

γείνομαι (geinomai)

1. I am born
2. I beget, bring into being

Related terms

• γεννάω
• γίγνομαι

References

• γείνομαι in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940