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Γειναμέναις · giving birth (γ 214) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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γ210I taste
γ211taste
γ212abusing, catcalling
γ213Gephyraean (woman)
γ214giving birth
γ215begot
γ216land-cultivator
γ217earth-cleaving
γ218sojourners

Suda/Γ gamma/γ214

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Γειναμέναις

giving birth

Translated by Jennifer Benedict13 Jul 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

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1 note · 24 words

Translation

[Meaning] having been born.¹ "The Fates decreed tears for Hecuba and for the women of Ilion↗ at the very time they were giving birth."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γειναμέναις· γεννηθείσαις. δάκρυα μὲν Ἑκάβῃ τε καὶ Ἰλιάδεσσι γυναιξὶ Μοῖραι ἐπεκλώσαντο δὴ τότε γεινομέναις.

Betacode

*geiname/nais: gennhqei/sais. da/krua me\n *(eka/bh| te kai\ *)ilia/dessi gunaici\ *moi=rai e)peklw/santo dh\ to/te geinome/nais.

Notes (1)

[1] In fact feminine dative plural(s), as determined by the quotation to follow. The lexicographer interprets the headword participle as "being born," but it should mean "giving birth." See note at gamma 215.
2Greek Anthology 7.99.1-2 (Plato the Epigrammatist) = Diogenes Laertius 3.30. The verb should be active e)pe/klwsan.

Linked from2 entries

γ215Γείνατοbegot[Meaning he] engendered. Also [sc. attested is the present tense] gei/netai ["begets"], [meaning he] engenders.
γ271Γίνεταιcomes to passIn reference to "is accomplished" [teleiou=tai] [this is spelled] with iota, but in reference to genna=| ["begets/gives birth"] with a diphthong. Things which come to pass do so in three ways: by dispensation, by good…

Neighbouring entries

γ212Γεφυρίζωνabusing, catcalling γ213ΓεφυρίςGephyraean (woman)γ214Γειναμέναιςgiving birth γ215Γείνατοbegot γ216Γειοκόμονland-cultivator

Revision history6 revisions · last 28 Sep 2015

28 Sep 2015Revised — David Whitehead
26 Jan 2014expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
8 Sep 2012expanded note — Catharine Roth
7 Jun 2012more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
14 Jul 2002added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Jul 2002modified translation, added note — Catharine Roth
13 Jul 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Γειναμέναις (Adler number gamma 214), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 13 Jul 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/gamma/214

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗