beget Copy link Outline 1. gigno, gĕnŭi, gĕnĭtum, 32. gĕnĕro, 13. crĕo, 1 (esp. poet.)4. prōcrĕo, 15. suscĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (prop. to take up, i. e. to acknowledge offspring)6. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3 (= suscipio)7. părio, pĕpĕri, partum, 3 (to give birth to • beget: 1. gigno, gĕnŭi, gĕnĭtum, 3: Jupiter begot Hercules, Herculem Jupiter genuit, Cic.: Ov. Fig.: this virtue itself b.s friendship, haec ipsa virtus amicitiam g., Cic.: anger begot savage enmities, ira genuit truces inimicitias, Hor. 2. gĕnĕro, 1: Oebalus whom Telon is said to have begotten, Oebalus quem generasse Telon fertur, Virg.: v. to produce. 3. crĕo, 1 (esp. poet.): Silvius b.s Aeneas Silvius, Silvius Aenean Silvium c., Liv.: Hor. Fig.: the resemblance b.s error, errorem c. similitudo, Cic. 4. prōcrĕo, 1: to b. sons by any one, de aliqua filios p., Cic. Fig.: the tribunate, whose first rise we see begotten amid civil war, tribunatus cujus primum ortum inter arma civium procreatum videmus, Cic. 5. suscĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (prop. to take up, i. e. to acknowledge offspring): you had begotten children not for yourself only, but for your country also, susceperas liberos non solum tibi sed etiam patriae, Cic.: Ter. 6. tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3 (= suscipio): he begot children by Fadia, ex Fadia liberos sustulit, Cic.: Suet. 7. părio, pĕpĕri, partum, 3 (to give birth to: v. to bring forth): Fig.: truth b.s hatred, veritas odium p., Ter.: v. to get, cause.