Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word gignere.
Examples
-
O SOLA magnarum urbium maior Bethlehem, cui contigit ducem salutis caelitus incorporatum gignere.
Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009
-
O SOLA magnarum urbium maior Bethlehem, cui contigit ducem salutis caelitus incorporatum gignere.
"The Hymns of Prudentius, translated by R. Martin Pope" bls 2009
-
Solet timor, prae omnibus affectibus, fortes imaginationes gignere, post amor, &c. l.
-
Adeò naturæ, cùm ferarum morem vescendi humanis visceribus in homine genuisset, gignere etiam in toto corpore et in quorundam oculis quoque venena placuit: ne quid vsquam mali esset, quod in homine non esset.
-
Ade� natur�, c鵰 ferarum morem vescendi humanis visceribus in homine genuisset, gignere etiam in toto corpore et in quorundam oculis quoque venena placuit: ne quid vsquam mali esset, quod in homine non esset.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
-
[412] 'Devoid of,' or 'without products;' for _gignere_ is used of those things which, like plants or animals, produce other things like themselves.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
-
In reading some of our opponents, I am not a little reminded of those catholic writers who refute darwinism by telling us that higher species cannot come from lower because minus nequit gignere plus, or that the notion of transformation is absurd, for it implies that species tend to their own destruction, and that would violate the principle that every reality tends to persevere in its own shape.
Meaning of Truth William James 1876
-
[Middle English progeni, from Old French progenie gignere, to beget; see progenitor.] progeny - the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue", kid - a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college"
Word of the Day 2008
-
At si vita procax nobis atque improba, nollet Ex nobis sobolem gignere legitimam.
-
Ergo an primumverii fit, difcutiamus, fcifcitates, vtru illa virtusjfcu facultas, quxin fe miue rcperitur, va! cns animam gignere, fit accidens, vel fuMa - tia.
Antoniana Margarita: opus nempe physicis, medicis ac theologis non minus ... 1554
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.