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ἐγγίγνομαι , Ion. and later ἐγγίνομαι [ι_], fut. ἐγγενήσομαι: 3pl. Ep. pf. ἐγγεγάα_σι (the only tense used by Hom.):—
A.to be born in, “τοὶ Ἰλίῳ ἐγγεγάασινIl.6.493, cf. Od.13.233; of vermin, to be bred in the skin, Hdt.2.37; of stones, ἐν τῷ καρπῷ . ib.92.
2. of things, qualities, etc., spring up, appear in or among, “ὅσα ἐν ἀνθρώπου φύσι . . .Id.8.83, cf. Pl.R.351d; “αἴσθημά τι κἀν νηπίοις γε . . .E.IA1244: c. dat., παρθένοις ἐγγίγνεται νοσήμαθ' Id.Ion 1524, cf. Th.2.49, X. Mem.1.2.21, etc.; of persons, Pl.Grg.526a.
3. of events and the like , take place or happen in or among, “τισίHdt.5.3, cf. 3.1; “χεῖμα σφοδρὸν .Pl.Ax.371d.
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    • Andocides, On the Mysteries, 141
    • Antiphon, On the murder of Herodes, 17
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Aulis, 1244
    • Euripides, Ion, 1524
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.132
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.190
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.121
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.37
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.1
    • Herodotus, Histories, 5.3
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.38
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.83
    • Homer, Iliad, 6.493
    • Homer, Odyssey, 13.233
    • Isaeus, Dicaeogenes, 19
    • Plato, Republic, 351d
    • Plato, Phaedo, 66c
    • Plato, Symposium, 184a
    • Plato, Gorgias, 526a
    • Plato, Protagoras, 339e
    • Thucydides, Histories, 1.113
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 1.2.21
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.49
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