γέντο

A. he grasped, = ἔλαβεν, 3 sg. of Verb found only in this form, Il. 8.43, al. (Cf. ἀπόγεμε· ἄφελκε, and ὕγγεμος· συλλαβή (Cypr.), Hsch.)
II. shortd. form for ἐγένετο, v. γίγνομαι.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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