gigno

Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵnh₁-, the reduplicated present stem of *ǵenh₁-. Cognate to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, to come into being, to be born, to take place).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gignō (present infinitive gignere, perfect active genuī, supine genitum); third conjugation

  1. to bring forth as a fruit of oneself: to bear, to beget, to engender, to give birth to
    Synonyms: genō, prōcreō, suscipiō, prōdō, pario, creō, enitor, cōnītor, ēdō, efficiō
    Antonyms: necō, interimō, caedō, obtruncō
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.17.25:
      Īra patris fīlius stultus: et dolor mātris quae genuit eum.
      A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him.
      (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
  2. (by said means): to produce, to cause, to yield
  3. (in the passive voice): to be born, to be begotten, to be engendered, to be produced, etc.

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of gignō (third conjugation)
indicativesingularplural
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
activepresentgignōgignisgignitgignimusgignitisgignunt
imperfectgignēbamgignēbāsgignēbatgignēbāmusgignēbātisgignēbant
futuregignamgignēsgignetgignēmusgignētisgignent
perfectgenuīgenuistīgenuitgenuimusgenuistisgenuērunt,
genuēre
pluperfectgenueramgenuerāsgenueratgenuerāmusgenuerātisgenuerant
future perfectgenuerōgenuerisgenueritgenuerimusgenueritisgenuerint
passivepresentgignorgigneris,
gignere
gigniturgignimurgigniminīgignuntur
imperfectgignēbargignēbāris,
gignēbāre
gignēbāturgignēbāmurgignēbāminīgignēbantur
futuregignargignēris,
gignēre
gignēturgignēmurgignēminīgignentur
perfectgenitus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfectgenitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfectgenitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctivesingularplural
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
activepresentgignamgignāsgignatgignāmusgignātisgignant
imperfectgigneremgignerēsgigneretgignerēmusgignerētisgignerent
perfectgenuerimgenuerīsgenueritgenuerīmusgenuerītisgenuerint
pluperfectgenuissemgenuissēsgenuissetgenuissēmusgenuissētisgenuissent
passivepresentgignargignāris,
gignāre
gignāturgignāmurgignāminīgignantur
imperfectgignerergignerēris,
gignerēre
gignerēturgignerēmurgignerēminīgignerentur
perfectgenitus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfectgenitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperativesingularplural
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
activepresentgignegignite
futuregignitōgignitōgignitōtegignuntō
passivepresentgigneregigniminī
futuregignitorgignitorgignuntor
non-finite formsactivepassive
presentperfectfuturepresentperfectfuture
infinitivesgigneregenuissegenitūrum essegignīgenitum essegenitum īrī
participlesgignēnsgenitūrusgenitusgignendus,
gignundus
verbal nounsgerundsupine
genitivedativeaccusativeablativeaccusativeablative
gignendīgignendōgignendumgignendōgenitumgenitū

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Descendants edit

  • Old French: genuir, genoïr (from perfectum form genui)
    • French: congénuir (outdated), engénoïr (outdated)

References edit

  • gigno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gigno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gigno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae terra gignit
    • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae e terra gignuntur