Greek verb
γίγνομαι
γίγνομαι, γενήσομαι, ἐγενόμην, γέγονα
γίγνομαι is a Greek verb. In the 9 analysed lines it was read in, it means “came into being” (2 times), “may become” (2 times), “are born” (once) and “becomes” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from γίγνομαι to the words it goes with.
πάντα δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν.
All things came into being through him, and without him not even one thing came into being.
ἐγένετο: the main verb of the sentence.
ἥπερ μεγίστη γίγνεται σωτηρία, ὅταν γυνὴ πρὸς ἄνδρα μὴ διχοστατῇ.
which becomes the greatest salvation, when a wife is not at odds with her husband.
γίγνεται: the main verb of the sentence.
Δαρείου καὶ Παρυσάτιδος γίγνονται παῖδες δύο, πρεσβύτερος μὲν Ἀρταξέρξης, νεώτερος δὲ Κῦρος·
From Darius and Parysatis two sons are born: the elder Artaxerxes, the younger Cyrus.
γίγνονται: the main verb of the sentence.
κίνησις γὰρ αὕτη μεγίστη δὴ τοῖς Ἕλλησιν ἐγένετο καὶ μέρει τινὶ τῶν βαρβάρων, ὡς δὲ εἰπεῖν καὶ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἀνθρώπων.
For this was indeed the greatest movement for the Greeks and a certain part of the barbarians, and, one might say, over most of mankind.
ἐγένετο: the main verb of the sentence.
ἐπειδὴ δέ μοι παιδίον γίγνεται, ἐπίστευον ἤδη καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐκείνῃ παρέδωκα, ἡγούμενος ταύτην οἰκειότητα μεγίστην εἶναι·
But since a child was born to me, I now trusted her and handed over all my belongings to her, believing this to be the greatest bond of kinship.
γίγνεται: clause explaining ἐπίστευον.
Ἡροδότου Ἁλικαρνησσέος ἱστορίης ἀπόδεξις ἥδε, ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται, μήτε ἔργα μεγάλα…
This is the publication of the history of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, in order that neither the things that came into being from humans may become faded by time, nor great and wondrous deeds, some by Greeks and some by barbarians, may become inglorious, and also (to explain) the other things and for what reason they waged war against one another.
γενόμενα: subject of γένηται.
ὃ γέγονεν ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων·
What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of humanity.
γέγονεν: clause acting as the subject of ἦν.
ἐπειδὴ δέ μοι ἡ μήτηρ ἐτελεύτησε, πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἀποθανοῦσα αἰτία μοι γεγένηται.
But since my mother died, she has become for me the cause of all evils by dying.
γεγένηται: the main verb of the sentence.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| γένηται | 3rd person · Plural · Present · Subjunctive · Middle | 2 |
| γίγνεται | 3rd person · Singular · Present · Indicative · Middle | 2 |
| ἐγένετο | 3rd person · Singular · Aorist · Indicative · Middle | 2 |
| γεγένηται | 3rd person · Singular · Perfect · Indicative · Middle | 1 |
| γέγονεν | 3rd person · Singular · Perfect · Indicative · Active | 1 |
| γενέσθαι | Perfect · Middle · Infinitive | 1 |
| γενόμενα | Nominative · Plural · Neuter · Aorist middle participle | 1 |
| γίγνονται | 3rd person · Plural · Present · Indicative · Middle | 1 |
| ἐγένετο | 3rd person · Singular · Imperfect · Indicative · Middle | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to γίγνομαι by an arc in these lines, most often first.