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ἐγγίγνομαι

eggignomai

to be born in

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Where it lives

  • De Memoria et Reminiscentia 7 · 29.13/10k
  • Alcibiades 1 9 · 8.78/10k
  • Parmenides 9 · 5.94/10k
  • Republic 48 · 5.4/10k
  • De Sensu et Sensibilibus 4 · 5.12/10k
  • Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 2 · 4.11/10k
  • Charmides 3 · 3.61/10k
  • Philebus 6 · 3.4/10k
  • Hiero 2 · 3.36/10k
  • Sophist 5 · 3.12/10k
  • Timaeus 7 · 2.96/10k
  • Phaedo 6 · 2.75/10k

Densest 12 of 45 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

to be born in, to be bred in

to be born in, τοὶ Ἰλίῳ ἐγγεγάασιν Il. 6.493, cf. Od. 13.233; of vermin, to be bred in the skin, Hdt. 2.37; of stones, ἐν τῷ καρπῷ ἐ. ib. 92.

2 spring up, appear in, among

of things, qualities, etc., spring up, appear in or among, ὅσα ἐν ἀνθρώπου φύσι . . ἐ. Id. 8.83, cf. Pl. R. 351d; αἴσθημά τι κἀν νηπίοις γε . . ἐ. E. IA 1244: c. dat., ἃ παρθένοις ἐγγίγνεται νοσήμαθʼ Id. Ion 1524, cf. Th. 2.49, X. Mem. 1.2.21, etc.; of persons, Pl. Grg. 526a.

3 take place, happen in, among

of events and the like, take place or happen in or among, τισί Hdt. 5.3, cf. 3.1; χεῖμα σφοδρὸν ἐ. Pl. Ax. 371d.

II come in, intervene

come in, intervene, λόγους ἐγγίνεσθαι Hdt. 2.121.δʹ; χρόνου ἐγγινομένου, ἐγγενομένου, Id. 1.190, Th. 1.113, etc.; ἵνα μοι χρόνος ἐγγένηται τῆ σκέψει Pl. Prt. 339e, cf. Smp. 184a.

III it is allowed, possible, when it was in, power

ἐγγίγνεται, impers., it is allowed or possible, c. inf., Hdt. 1.132, 6.38, And. 1.141, Pl. Phd. 66c; ὥστε μὴ ἐγγενέσθαι μοι ποιῆσαι Antipho 5.17; ἐγγενόμενον ἡμῖν when it was in our power, Is. 5.19.

IV

for aor. ἐγγείνασθαι, v. ἐγγείνωνται.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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