γεννᾶν (gennan)

γεννᾶν is an Ancient Greek form of γεννάω, meaning “beget, give birth to”.

It can also be a form of γέννα, “birth, descent”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of γέννας, “mother's brother, uncle”.

Found 69 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 2.4.17: … τὸ ὕδωρ ὑπὸ τοῦ θερμοῦ, καθὸ μὲν εἰς τὸ 〈κάτω διὰ τὸ〉 πυρῶδες συνίσταται, ποιεῖν γῆν· καθὸ δὲ περιρρεῖ, ἀέρα γεννᾶν. ὅθεν ἡ μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀέρος, ὁ δὲ ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ πυρὸς περιφορᾶς κρατεῖται. γεννᾶσθαι δέ φησι τὰ ζῷα ἐκ θερμῆς τῆς …

Euripides, Andromache 119: Φθιὰς ὅμως ἔμολον ποτὶ σὰν Ἀσιήτιδα γένναν,

All forms of γεννάω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.