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ἐκγίγνομαι

ekgignomai

to be born of

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Where it lives

Theogony 12 · 17.42/10k
On A Wound By Premeditation 1 · 10.57/10k
Letter 9 1 · 8.76/10k
Against Aphobus 2 1 · 6.66/10k
Defense in the Matter of the Olive Stump 1 · 4.94/10k
Concerning the Team of Horses 1 · 3.45/10k
Funeral Oration 1 · 2.46/10k
Against Eubulides 1 · 2.18/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Against Macartatus 1 · 1.61/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκγίγνομαι · ekgignomai — LSJ

to be born of

to be born of a father, c. gen., οἳ Διὸς ἐξεγένοντο Il. 5.637, cf. 20.231, etc. ; ἐκγεγάτην..Ἠελίοιο Od. 10.138 ; Ἑλένη Διὸς ἐκγεγαυῖα Il. 3.199, 418 ; τοίων πατέρων ἐξ αἵματος ἐκγεγάᾱτε Hom. Epigr. 16.3 (ἐκγεγάασθε Suid.) ; οἳ πὰρ θεοῦ ἐκγεγάαντο AP 15.40.20 (Comet.).

2 to be born to

c. dat., to be born to, Πορθεῖ μὲν τρεῖς παῖδες..ἐξεγένοντο 11.14.115, cf. Hdt. 1.30, 4.155 : fut. perf., παῖδες παίδεσσι διαμπερὲς ἐκγεγάονται h.Ven. 197.

3 come into being

simply, come into being, Emp. 59.3, PMasp. 153.12 (vi A.D.), PLond. 5.1708.207 (vi A.D.).

II to be gone away, to have departed

aor., to be gone away, c. gen., ἐκγενέσθαι τοῦ ζῆν to have departed this life, X. HG 6.4.23 (s.v.l.).

III it is allowed, it is granted, it was, granted, that it may be allowed

impers., ἐκγίγνεται it is allowed, it is granted, c. dat. pers. et inf., mostly with neg., οὐκ ἐξεγένετό τινι ἀπαγγεῖλαι it was not granted him to.., Hdt. 1.78, cf. 5.51, Ar. Eq. 851, Lys. 7.37 ; δικαιοτάτῳ ἀνδρῶν βουλομένῳ γενέσθαι οὐκ ἐξεγένετο Hdt. 3.142 : without aneg., ἐκγενέσθαι μοι..τείσασθαι [I pray] that it may be allowed me to.., Id. 5.105 ; εἰ..τότʼ ἐξεγένετο D. 28.2 : abs. in part., ἐκγενόμενον Isoc. 16.36 : rarely c. acc. et inf., εἰ γὰρ ἐκγένοιτʼ ἰδεῖν ταύτην με τὴν ἡμέραν Ar. Pax

In the wild

ἐκγένοιτʼ · ekgenoitʼ Aristophanes, Peace 1 (DIORISIS sentence 271)
ἐξεγένετο · exegeneto Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 2 2 (DIORISIS sentence 9)
ἐκγένοιτʼ · ekgenoitʼ Demosthenes, Against Eubulides 12 (DIORISIS sentence 29)
ἐξεγένετο · exegeneto Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 9 (DIORISIS sentence 14)
ἐκγεγὼς · ekgegōs Euripides, Bacchae 1340
ἐκγενόμενα · ekgenomena Herodotus, Histories 1.30.4 (DIORISIS sentence 190)

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