γεννάω (gennao): all forms
γεννάω means “beget, give birth to”. Below is its full conjugation in Ancient Greek.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | γεννῶ | γεννῶ | γεννῴην · γεννῷμι · γενναίην | |
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| 2nd singular | γεννᾷς | γεννᾷς | γεννῴης · γεννῷς · γενναίης | γέννα |
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| 3rd singular | γεννᾷ | γεννᾷ | γεννῴη · γενναίη · γεννῷ | γεννάτω |
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| 1st plural | γεννῶμεν | γεννῶμεν | γεννῷμεν · γεννῴημεν · γενναίημεν · γενναῖμεν | |
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| 2nd plural | γεννᾶτε | γεννᾶτε | γεννῷτε · γενναῖτε · γεννῴητε · γενναίητε | γεννᾶτε |
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| 3rd plural | γεννῶσι(ν) | γεννῶσι(ν) | γεννῷεν · γενναῖεν · γεννῴησαν · γενναίησαν | γεννώντων · γεννάτωσαν |
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Present middle/passive
Present middle/passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | γεννῶμαι | γεννῶμαι | γεννῴμην | |
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| 2nd singular | γεννᾷ | γεννᾷ | γεννῷο | γεννῶ |
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| 3rd singular | γεννᾶται | γεννᾶται | γεννῷτο | γεννάσθω |
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| 1st plural | γεννώμεθα | γεννώμεθα | γεννῴμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | γεννᾶσθε | γεννᾶσθε | γεννῷσθε | γεννᾶσθε |
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| 3rd plural | γεννῶνται | γεννῶνται | γεννῷντο | γεννάσθων · γεννάσθωσαν |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἐγέννων |
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| 2nd singular | ἐγέννας |
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| 3rd singular | ἐγέννα |
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| 1st plural | ἐγεννῶμεν |
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| 2nd plural | ἐγεννᾶτε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐγέννων |
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Imperfect middle/passive
Imperfect middle/passive | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἐγεννώμην |
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| 2nd singular | ἐγεννῶ |
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| 3rd singular | ἐγεννᾶτο |
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| 1st plural | ἐγεννώμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | ἐγεννᾶσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐγεννῶντο |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Middle/passive |
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| Present | γεννᾶν · γεννᾷν | γεννᾶσθαι |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | γεννῶν | γεννῶσα | γεννῶν |
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| Genitive | γεννῶντος | γεννώσης | γεννῶντος |
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| Dative | γεννῶντι | γεννώσῃ | γεννῶντι |
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| Accusative | γεννῶντα | γεννῶσαν | γεννῶν |
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| Vocative | γεννῶν | γεννῶσα | γεννῶν |
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Present active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | γεννῶντες | γεννῶσαι | γεννῶντα |
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| Genitive | γεννώντων | γεννωσῶν | γεννώντων |
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| Dative | γεννῶσι(ν) | γεννώσαις | γεννῶσι(ν) |
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| Accusative | γεννῶντας | γεννώσας | γεννῶντα |
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| Vocative | γεννῶντες | γεννῶσαι | γεννῶντα |
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Present middle/passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | γεννώμενος | γεννωμένη | γεννώμενον |
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| Genitive | γεννωμένου | γεννωμένης | γεννωμένου |
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| Dative | γεννωμένῳ | γεννωμένῃ | γεννωμένῳ |
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| Accusative | γεννώμενον | γεννωμένην | γεννώμενον |
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| Vocative | γεννώμενε | γεννωμένη | γεννώμενον |
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Present middle/passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | γεννώμενοι | γεννώμεναι | γεννώμενα |
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| Genitive | γεννωμένων | γεννωμένων | γεννωμένων |
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| Dative | γεννωμένοις | γεννωμέναις | γεννωμένοις |
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| Accusative | γεννωμένους | γεννωμένας | γεννώμενα |
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| Vocative | γεννώμενοι | γεννώμεναι | γεννώμενα |
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Meaning and examples of γεννάω
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.