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ἐκγίγνομαι 1 2 3 4 5

I.Dep.:— to be born of a father, c. gen., Ἑλένη Διὸς ἐκγεγαυῖα Il.
2.c. dat. to be born to, Πορθεῖ τρεῖς παῖδες ἐξεγένοντο id=Il.
II.in aor2 to have gone by, χρόνου ἐκγεγονότος time having gone by, Hdt.: c. gen., ἐκγενέσθαι τοῦ ζῆν to have departed this life, Xen.
III.impers., ἐκγίγνεται, like ἔξεστι, it is allowed, it is granted, c. dat. pers. et inf., mostly with a negat., οὐκ ἐξεγένετό τινι ποιεῖν it was not granted him to do, Hdt.: absol., οὐκ ἐξεγένετο it was not in his power, id=Hdt.

1 later and ionic ἐκ-γίν-

2 fut. -γενήσομαι

3 epic perf. ἐκγέγα^α

4 3rd dual ἐκγεγάτην

5 part. -ἐκγεγαώς

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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